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Historical Register 

OF THE 

COLORADO SOCIETY 

OF THE 

Sons of the American 
Revolution 



FROM 



July 1, 1896, to November 1, 1906. 



THE W. H. KrSTLER STAT'Y COMPANY, DENVER. COLO. 



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Insignia. 

Publication Committee, Inscription, Copyright. 

Title Page. 

Table of Contents. 

Seal of the Society. 

Hon. Cornelius A. Pugsley, National President. 

Officers of the National Society. 

Sketch of the National Society. 

Joseph Farrand Tuttle, Jr., First President. 

Officers. 1896-1897. 

History of Year 1896-1897. 

Officers, 1897-1898. 

History of Year 1897-1898. 

Officers, 1898-1899. 

History of Year 1898-1899. 

General Irving Hale, Second President. 

Officers, 1899-1900. 

History of Year 1899-1900. 

Officers. 1900-1901. 

History of Year 1900-1901. 

Officers, 1901-1902. 

History of Year 1901-1902. 

Dr. William Riddick Whitehead, Third President. 

Officers, 1902-1903. 

History of Year 1902-1903. 

Frank Merriam Keezer, Fourth President. 

Officers, 1903-1904. 

History of Year 1903-1904. 

Dr. Clarkson Newbery Guyer, Fifth President. 

Officers, 1904-1905. 

History of Year 1904-1905. 

Henry Johnson Hersey, Sixth President. 

Officers, 1905-1906. 

History of Year 1905-1906. 

Harold Clifton Stephens, Seventh President. 

Officers, 1906-1907. 

History of Year 1906-1907. 

Constitution and By-Laws 

Articles of Incorporation. 

Requisites for Membership. 

Fees and Dues. 

Alphabetic List of Members and their Descent. 

Alphabetic List of Ancestors and their Services. 

In Memoriam. 

Miscellaneous. 

"Lest We Forget." 




Only 200 copies of this Year Book have 
been printed, of which this is No !^1_ 



TO PERPETUATE THE MEMORY OF THE MEN WHO 
TOOK PART IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, AND TO 
INSPIRE THEIR DESCENDANTS WITH THE SPIRIT OF 
EMULATION OF THEIR DEEDS, THIS BOOK IS PREPARED. 

Clarkson Newbery Guyer. 
Joseph Farrand Tuttle. Jr.. 
Edgar Rollin Downs, 

COMMITTEE ON PUBLICATION. 



COPYRiaHT, 1906, 
BY THE COLORADO SOCIETY OF THE SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. 



HISTORY OF THE 

COLORADO SOCIETY 

OF THE 

SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 

BY 

EDGAR ROLLIN DOWNS 

HISTORIAN OF THE SOCIETY 



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HON. CORNELIUS A. PUGSLEY. 



OFFICERS OF THE NATIONAL SOCIETY, 1906-1907. 

President General— HON. CORNELIUS A. PUGSLEY, 

New York City 

Vice-Presidents General — 

DR. MOSES GREELEY PARKER, M. D., 

Lowell, Mass. 
JUDGE HENRY STOCKBRIDGE, 

Baltimore, Md. 
HON. EDWARD ANSON BUTLER, 

Rockland, Me. 
JUDGE LUNSFORD L. LEWIS, 

Richmond, Va. 
ANDREW W. BRAY, 

Newark, N. J. 
Secretary General and Registrar General — A. HOWARD CLARK, 

Washington, D. C. 
Treasurer General— ISAAC W. BIRDSEYE, 

Bridgeport, Conn. 
Historian General— PROF. WILLIAM K. WICKES, 

Syracuse, N. Y. 
Chaplain General— REV. JULIUS W. ATWOOD, D. D., 

Columbus, Ohio 

Colorado Members on Committees of National Society 

Organization— DR. CLARKSON NEWBERY GUYER 

Finance— HENRY JOHNSON HERSEY 



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The National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution was 
organized on April 30, 1889, the 100th anniversary of the inauguration 
of the first President of the United States, in the historic "Long Room" 
of Fraunce's Tavern in New York City, where Washington, on the 3d 
day of December, 1783, had said farewell to his brother officers of 
the Revolutionary Army. 

Delegates were present from thirteen State Societies, including 
California, and individual members from New York and Pennsylvania, 
and before the Convention adjourned, eighteen States had eigned, 
through their delegates, as coequal members of the new organization. 
The phenomenal growth of the Society has been due to the fact 
that it was organized on the broad American principle of one National 
Society, divided into coequal sister and State Societies, and the 
latter subdivided, wherever expedient, into local branches or Chapters; 
and to the further fact that no man has been admitted to membership 
unless he could prove his lineal descent from a patriot of the American 
Revolution. Nearly every state is now represented in its membership, 
as are also distant France and far-off Hawaii. 

By reason of these strict requirements for membership, and the 
spirit of its members, many men of high social position and national 
reputation in civil and military life have joined the Society in all 
parts of the country. 

While there is not time in this brief sketch to tell the story in 
detail, it may be well to speak a word of commendation for that spirit 
of loyalty and devotion to the memory of the Fathers which has char- 
acterized the Sons of the American Revolution as an organization for 
well nigh a score of years. 

Many monuments, tablets and "markers" erected, as well as many 
anniversaries of men and events nobly observed, have proven the mind- 
ful spirit of the Sons, and have been an inspiration to many citizens, 
young and old. True, there may come to pass a superstitious rever- 
ence, a too insistent regard for the men and the deeds of Revolutionary 
days. But that will be a shadowy and only seeming evil, if that rever- 
ence be transmuted by those who cherish it into the life of to-day, and 
into the creation and the fostering of a better and more sacrificing 
spirit of citizenship. 

And now, a word of caution seems to be needed: So great is the 
glamour that attaches to military service and to feats of arms that men 
are prone to forget or overlook the good that was wrought in Revolu- 
tionary days by men in the civil service of the States. It is well, of 
course, to remember the February day on which George Washington, 
the battle hero, was born; but it is well, also, to recount on a January 
day the unmatched civil services of Benjamin Franklin. 

So, while the origin of the Sons of the American Revolution is 
most interesting, and the story of their accomplishment most praise- 
worthy, the brightest page of their history will be written only when, 
not unmindful of the heroic deeds of war, they seek adequately to 
praise and to emulate the more glorious civic deeds of peace. 




JOSEPH FARRAND TUTTLE, JR. 



OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1896-1897. 
President— JOSEPH FARRAND TUTTLB, JR. 

Vice-Presidents — 

REV. WILLIAM FREDERICK SLOCUM, D. D. 

ARTHUR SMITH DWIGHT 

THERON W. CRISSEY 

Secretary— WILLIAM MARVIN SPEARS 

Treasurer— WATERMAN HUNT 

Registrar— EDWARD LOWELL KELLY 

Chaplain— REV. WILBUR F. STEELE 

Board of Managers — 

PROF. GEORGE LYMAN CANNON, Chairman. 

HENRY MERIAM HOUGHTON 

DR. CHARLES FLANDERS DODGE 

CHARLES HICKS STICKNEY 

ARTHUR C. MOULTON 

ELIHU BAKER CLARK 

ELMER FREDERICK KELLY 

WILLIAM IRA LOCKE 

Delegates to the Annual Congress of the National Society, 1897. 

JOSEPH FARRAND TUTTLE, JR. 

REV. WILLIAM FREDERICK SLOCUM, D. D. 

CAPT. T. WALN-MORGAN DRAPER 

Alternates. 

PROF. GEORGE LYMAN CANNON 

EDWARD LOWELL KELLY 

DR. WILLIAM RIDDICK WHITEHEAD 

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The advent of Colorado into the National Society of the Sons of 
the American Revolution as its thirty-third member was announced 
by the following telegram: 

New York City, July 1, 1896. 
Mr. Edward Lowell Kelly: 

The Colorado Society has been duly admitted into the National 
Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. 

HORACE PORTER, President. 

The first meeting for the purpose of organizing was held at 727 
Sixteenth Street, Denver, Saturday evening. July 4, 1896. Those pres- 
ent were: Edward Lowell Kelly, William Marvin Spears, Joseph Far- 
rand Tuttle, Jr., Henry Meriam Houghton, and Rev. Wilbur F. Steele. 
An adjournment was taken to Monday, July 13, when a Constitution 
was adopted and officers were elected. 

The charter members were: Joseph Farrand Tuttle, Jr., William 
Marvin Spears, Henry Meriam Houghton, Edward Lowell Kelly, Ar- 
thur Smith Dwight, Dr. Charles Flanders Dodge, Prof. George Lyman 
Cannon, Theron W. Crissey, Waterman Hunt, Rev. Wilbur F. Steele, 
Charles Hicks Stickney, Rev. William Frederick Slocum, D. D., Arthur 
C. Moulton, Elihu Baker Clark, Elmer Frederick Kelly, William Ira 
Locke. 

Few meetings were held during the first year of the history of 
the Society. It was a formative period, efforts being put forth mainly 
to increase the membership. 

The prime mover in the organization was Edward Lowell Kelly, 
through whose efforts the charter was secured. President Tuttle 
delivered addresses on patriotic subjects at various places, and also 
contributed many articles to the press. Secretary Spears interested 
many with whom he was brought in contact during his business tours 
aboiit the State. Through these means and the efforts of the other 
charter members, the following were added, making the membership 
at the end of the first year forty-seven: 

Dr. William Riddick Whitehead. Charles Benton Whitehead, Oliver 
William Mallaby, Dr. Horace Tennant Dodge, Rev. Ammi B. Hyde, D. D., 
Dr. Selden F. Herrick. Charles H. Wells, Edward Chauncey Rice, Capt. 
T. Wain-Morgan Draper, Frank Whitehead, Judge N. Walter Dixon, 
Howard Bigelow Daniels, John Roman Dixon. Dr. George F. Ludlow, 
Oren Henry Peck. Prof. Edgar Rollin Downs, Harry Barton Burr, Frank 
P. Van Keuren, John H. Kirtland, Edwin Davis Bouton, Otis B. Spencer, 
Charles W. Spencer, Ben D. Spencer, Jr., Eugene Palmer Valentine, 
John Newton Russell, Jr., George E. Bragdon, Robert D. Hobart, Wil- 
lard Samuel Morse, John Calvin Skinner, Irving Hale, Benjamin Frank- 
lin Follett. 

The principal meeting of the year was held April 19, 1897, at the 
rooms of the Society of Colonial Wars. 605 Boston Building. Denver, 
when Compatriot Houghton, a native of Concord, read a paper giving 
in detail the incidents of the IS-mile march of the British troops to 
Lexington and Concord 122 years before, supplementing the descrip- 
tion with personal reminiscences of the scene, with photographs and 
with relics of the Revolutionary period. 

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OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1897-1898. 

President— JOSEPH FARRAND TUTTLE, JR. 

Vice-Presidents — 
REV. WILLIAM FREDERICK SLOCUM, D. D. 
JUDGE N. WALTER DIXON. 
DR. WILLIAM RIDDICK WHITEHEAD. 

Secretary— WILLIAM MARVIN SPEARS 

Treasurer— EDWARD LOWELL KELLY 

Registrar— EDWARD LOWELL KELLY 

Historian— PROF. GEORGE LYMAN CANNON. 

Chaplain— REV. WILBUR F. STEELE 

Board of Managers — 

PROF. EDGAR ROLLIN DOWNS, Chairman. 

DR. CHARLES FLANDERS DODGE 

THERON W. CRISSEY 

GEORGE E. BRAGDON 

CAPT. T. WALN-MORGAN DRAPER 

IRVING HALE 

ARTHUR CORNFORTH 

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN FOLLETT 

Delegates to the Annual Congress of the National Society, 1898. 

JOSEPH FARRAND TUTTLE, JR. 

REV. WILLIAM FREDERICK SLOCUM, D. D. 

DR. WILLIAM RIDDICK WHITEHEAD 

Alternates. 

OTIS B. SPENCER. 

IRVING HALE 

CHARLES HICKS STICKNEY. 

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The annual meeting was postponed from July 4, 1897, to Septem- 
ber 17, when the election of officers for the ensuing year was held 
at 605 Boston Building. 

At this meeting Compatriot Steele gave an interesting account 
of John Wesley's ideas of the Revolution, and Compatriot Cannon 
pointed out a few of the lessons which could be learned from some of 
the battles of the War for Independence. 

The meeting of Nov. 12 was held at the residence of Compatriot 
W. R. Whitehead, who talked to the members on "Ancient Arms and 
Armor," illustrating his remarks with specimens from his extensive 
collection. 

At Unity Church, Jan. 26, 1898, there was a social meeting to which 
the ladies were invited; Mrs. John MacMillan, Mrs. Otis B. Spencer 
and Mrs. F. M. Keezer entertained the Society with songs. 

Compatriot Downs spoke on the "Aims of the Society of the Sons 
of the American Revolution," and Compatriot Utter, the pastor of 
the church, gave an address on "Writers and Fighters, or the Dutch 
Contingent in the Revolution." 

March 11, 1898, it was voted to change the date of the annual 
meeting from July 4 to April 19 in each year. 

Accordingly on that date the constitution was so amended, and 
officers were chosen for the next year. 

Compatriot Ivers Phillips of Boulder, the oldest member of the 
National Society, having almost reached the century mark, was present 
and addressed the meeting concerning affairs in Massachusetts during 
the War of the Rebellion in which he took a prominent part. 

At Unity Church on the evening of April 19, an audience of about 
500 attended an open meeting which was addressed by Compatriot 
F. O. Vaille on "The Battle of Lexington," Compatriot Tuttle on "Duties 
Incumbent on Us at the Present Time," and Compatriot Keezer on 
"The Fight at Concord." 

Thirty-nine members were added during the year: 
Abner R. Brown, Arthur Cornforth, Archer R. Anderson, Charles 
King McHarg, Warren F. Page, Frank Merriam Keezer, Harry Elmer 
Wadsworth, Peter Winne, Clement Williams Huggins, Henry Johnson 
Hersey, Rev. David Utter, D. D., Capt. Charles Earle Locke, Herbert 
Lawrence Kelly, Frederick O. Vaille, Charles Huntington Wright, Rev. 
John Wallis Ohl, Granville Malcolm, J. N. Pettingell, Rodney Jewett 
Bardwell, Howard T. Vaille, Charles L. Hover, Herbert Earl Johnson, 
Robert Cushman Johnson, Alpheus Shem Ripley, Fred W. Ripley, James 
Augustus Jones, William Hemphill Bell, Jr., Dr. Clarence R. Arnold, 
Dr. William W. Arnold, Dr. George A. Dille, Col. Ivers Phillips, Solomon 
Barton Hardy, Capt. Charles Austin Coolidge, Frank Belford McFarlane, 
Charles B. Teller. Leonard Dates, Edward A. Bishop, John Crowell 
Stubbs, Webster Tyler Rich. 

Efforts were continued to increase popular interest in the work 
of the Society, and to assist prospective members to convert traditions 
of Revolutionary service by their ancestors into documentary evidence 
sufficient to entitle them to admission to the Society. 

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OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1898-1899. 

President— JOSEPH FARRAND TUTTLE, JR. 

Vice-Presidents — 
REV. WILLIAM FREDERICK SLOCUM, D. D. 
GEN. IRVING HALE 
CHARLES HICKS STICKNEY 

Secretary— WILLIAM MARVIN SPEARS 

Deputy Secretary— FRANK MERRIAM KEEZER 

Treasurer— EDWIN DAVIS BOUTON 

Registrar— EDWARD LOWELL KELLY 

Historian— PROF. GEORGE LYMAN CANNON 

Chaplain— REV. WILBUR F. STEELE 

Board of Managers — 

PROF. EDGAR ROLLIN DOWNS, Chairman. 

DR. WILLIAM RIDDICK WHITEHEAD 

FREDERICK O. VAILLE 

THERON W. CRISSEY 

MAJ. CHARLES AUSTIN COOLIDGE 

CHARLES KING McHARG 

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN FOLLETT 

COL. IVERS PHILLIPS 

Delegates to the Annual Congress of the National Society, 1899. 

GEN. IRVING HALE 

FRANK MERRIAM KEEZER 

MAJ. CHARLES AUSTIN COOLIDGE 

Alternates. 

JOSEPH FARRAND TUTTLE, JR. 

CHARLES HICKS STICKNEY 

JAMES SILVESTER WYNKOOP 

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At the outbreak of the Spanish-American War, Compatriots Hale, 
Draper, Coolidge, Corliss, C. E. Locke and Burr were found enrolled in the 
forces sent to the front. The Colorado troops were under the command 
of Col. Irving Hale, a graduate of West Point, and a vice-president 
of the Colorado Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. The 
flag of his regiment, the First Colorado, was raised over Fort Antoine 
Malate, and the first over captured property in the Philippines. The 
efficient services of Compatriot Hale soon caused his promotion to the 
rank of Brigadier-General of the United States Volunteers. 

June 17, 1898, "In commemoration of the Battle of Bunker Hill 
and to impress upon his memory the unfailing loyalty of his Society," 
it was voted "to present a sword to Gen. Irving Hale, Vice-President 
of this Society, in charge of the Colorado troops now enroute to the 
Philippines and a descendant of Col. John Hale, who took part in the 
Battle of Bunker Hill." 

July 1, it was also voted to present the insignia of the Society 
to Gen. Irving Hale, with the First Colorado Volunteers, Capt. T. Wain- 
Morgan Draper, with the Colorado Company of Engineers, and Maj. 
Charles A. Coolidge, of the Seventh Infantry, U. S. A. 
The following letter was received from Gen. Hale: 

Headquarters, 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 8th Corps, 

Manila, P. I., Nov. 11, 1898. 
Mr. E. L. Kelly, 

Registrar, Sons of the American Revolution, 
Denver, Colorado. 
Dear Sir: — I acknowledge with thanks receipt in the last mail 
of your circular in regard to presenting the Insignia of the Society 
to members now in active service, including myself; also concerning 
the gift of a sword to me. Please extend to the Society my sincere 
thanks for the honor conferred, and assurance that I shall wear the 
Insignia and sword with great pleasure and pride. 
Very sincerely yours, 

IRVING HALE, 
Brigadier General U. S. Volunteers. 

The regular October meeting was held with Compatriot Keezer. 
Compatriot Kelly read a paper on "Samuel Adams, the Father of the 
Revolution;" Compatriot Spears delivered an address concerning stir- 
ring events that took place in the Revolutionary period during the 
month of October; Compatriot Utter compared the Spanish-American 
War with the War of the Revolution, and the times of '76 with the 
present. 

The programme of the November meeting consisted of a paper by 

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Compatriot Hardy on "Thomas Jefferson, the Father of the Declaration 
of Independence," and an address by Compatriot Jones on "Important 
Revolutionary Events in November from 1776 to 1783." This meeting 
was held with Compatriot Kelly. 

Compatriot Wells entertained the Society at its regular December 
meeting. Compatriot A. M. Edwards read a paper on "Benjamin 
Franklin, the Diplomat of the Revolution," and Compatriot Bardwell 
spoke concerning events that occurred during the month of December 
during Revolutionary times. 

Papers by Compatriot Malcolm on "Robert Morris, the Financier 
of the Revolution," and by Compatriot Wynkoop on "January in the 
Revolution" composed the programme of the January meeting. 

Washington's Birthday, Feb. 22, 1899, was celebrated by a banquet 
of the Society at the Albany Hotel. The programme of this first 
celebration of Washington's Birthday by the Society was as follows: 

"Washington the Saxon," Rev. David Utter, D. D. ; "Washington 
the Soldier," Dr. William Riddick Whitehead; "Our Society," Prof. 
George Lyman Cannon; "Washington, the President and Statesman," 
Rev. William Frederick Slocum, D. D. 

President Tuttle entertained the March meeting at his home, 58 
West First Avenue. Mr. W. R. Thomas presented a paper on "Alex- 
ander Hamilton, the Father of the Constitution," and Compatriot 
Winne spoke on "March in the Revolution;" Compatriot Keezer made 
an address on "Washington the American." 

During the time the Colorado Volunteers were absent in the Phil- 
ippine service, there was an organization formed in Denver known as 
the Soldiers' Aid Society. The Sons of the American Revolution were 
represented on the board of officers of this organization by President 
Tuttle, who gave unsparingly of his time and services in its patriotic 
labors. 

The close of this year showed a gain of eighteen new members: 

James Silvester Wynkoop, Edwin Marion Coolidge, Rev. George 
T. Crissman, D. D., J. Stanley Edwards, Arthur Marvin Edwards 
Harold Clifton Stephens, Russell Harriman, Leonard C. Jones, James 
Sheldon Temple, Lewis Bailey Skinner, Stephen L. Selden, Edgar R. 
Locke, Walter W. Winne, Edwin Scott, Walter F. Mitchell, Dudley D. 
Mayo, John Lloyd Stearns, Walter C. Stickney. 

The regular monthly programme arranged at the beginning of 
the year, of papers upon Revolutionary patriots and the events of 
the several months of the years 1776-1783, was faithfully carried out 
during this year, and proved exceedingly interesting and profitable. 



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OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1899-1900. 

President— GENERAL IRVING HALE. 

"Vice-Presidents — 
JOSEPH FARRAND TUTTLE, JR. 
REV. WILLIAM FREDERICK SLOCUM, D. D. 
DR. WILLIAM RIDDICK WHITEHEAD 

Secretary— JOHN NEWTON RUSSELL, JR. 

Deputy Secretary— ARTHUR M. EDWARDS 

Treasurer— SOLOMON BARTON HARDY 

Registrar— CHARLES H. WELLS 

Historian— PROF. GEORGE LYMAN CANNON 

Chaplain— REV. GEORGE T. CRISSMAN, D. D. 

Board of Managers — 

PETER WINNE, Chairman. 

FREDERICK O. VAILLE 

RODNEY J. BARDWELL 

EDWIN SCOTT 

WILLIAM MARVIN SPEARS 

ARCHER R. ANDERSON 

COL. IVER PHILLIPS 

JUDGE N. WALTER DIXON 

Delegates to the Annual Congress of the National Society, 1900. 

GEN. IRVING HALE 

JOSEPH FARRAND TUTTLE, JR. 

EDWARD LOWELL KELLY 

ELMER FREDERICK KELLY 



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GENERAL IRVING HALE. 



On the return of the Colorado troops from the Philippines, the 
Society greeted its president-elect, Brigadier General Irving Hale, U. 
S. v., and formally installed him in office at a banquet given at the 
Albany Hotel, Denver, Friday evening, Sept. 8, 1899. Guests were 
present from all parts of the state. 

In opening the speech making. Compatriot Joseph Parrand Tuttle, 
Jr., master of ceremonies, spoke of the pride that the Society had in 
numbering among its members General Hale, and read a letter from 
ex-Governor Adams, expressing his high appreciation of the great work 
done by General Hale, and his regret at not being able to be present. 

Addresses were made by Compatriot Rodney J. Bardwell and by 
Rev. Ammi B. Hyde, D. D. 

Governor Charles S. Thomas waived his claim to being the tallest 
man in the room in favor of General Hale, and said: "Whether we 
approve or not of the war and its causes, we must honor those men 
who have planted the flag, and who have defended it where they 
have planted it. We must honor the promising business man who 
went to the war and now returns a brigadier general. As long as 
American valor, American love of liberty and American honor con- 
tinue, there will be a nation to be praised." 

General Hale made the principal address of the evening touching 
chiefly upon the Spanish-American War and the subsequent warfare 
with the Filipinos. 

Among other prominent guests present were: Mayor Johnson of 
Denver, Congressman Shafroth, and Generals Merriam and Baldwin, 
U. S. A. 

Sunday, Sept. 17, the Society participated in a Memorial Service 
in honor of deceased Colorado volunteers, held on the State Capitol 
grounds. President Hale delivered one of the addresses. 

The October meeting was held at the residence of Compatriot 
C. B. Locke. A committee was appointed to aid in securing the passage 
by Congress of a law to prevent the desecration of the flag. 

Captain Locke entertained the members present by an exhibition 
of his beautiful collection of swords, armor, laces, silks and pottery, 
gathered by him while in the Philippine Islands during the Spanish- 
American War. 

At the November meeting the insignia of the Society was formally 
presented to General Hale by Compatriot Tuttle, and an address was 
delivered by Compatriot Cannon on Revolutionary curios, presenting 
many interesting pictures and old relics. 

At the March meeting, the Registrar announced that he had re- 
ceived from the Registrar General six medals and certificates for mem- 
bers of the Society, in pursuance of the action taken by the National 
Congress of the Sons of the American Revolution, held in Detroit, May 
1, 1899, presenting a medal and a certificate to each of the members 
of the Sons of the American Revolution engaged in the Spanish- 
American War. The members entitled to such medals and certificates 
were: Brigadier General Irving Hale, Lieut. Col. Charles Austin 
Coolidge, Lieut. Col. Augustus W. Corliss, Captain Charles Earle Locke, 
Capt. T. Wain-Morgan Draper and Henry B. Burr. 

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The Denver Chapter of the Colorado Society of the Daughters of 
the American Revolution joined with the Society in celebrating the 
anniversary of the Battle of Lexington and Concord, April 19, 1900, 
by a banquet given at the Albany Hotel. 

After remarks by the presidents of the respective Societies, Mrs. 
Daniel R. Brigham spoke on "Woman's Influence in the American 
Revolution," and Rev. Ammi B. Hyde, D. D., on "The Pulpit and the 
Revolution." 

On the subjects, "Struggles for Freedom — Past and Present," Mrs. 
Jules La Barth spoke of "The Past," and Compatriot A. C. Phelps of 
"The Present." 

Sixteen new members were added during the year 1899-1900: 

Rev. Levi Fay Waldo, William U. Hover, Alfred Chester Phelps, 
Lieut. Col Augustus W. Corliss, William Alexander Piatt, Chauncey 
Curtiss, Sidney Fuller Smith, Thomas William Jaycox, Jr., Capt. Harry 
David Smith, Dr. Daniel Augustus Richardson, Dr. Horace Oscar Dodge, 
Dr. Horace Colburn Dodge, Dr. Charles W. Judkins, Levi Hunt, Fred 
Judd Lincoln, Alonzo Lee Evans. 

At the annual meeting a letter to President Hale from Compatriot 
Charles Austin Coolidge, Lieutenant Colonel, Seventh Infantry, U. 
S. A. commanding U. S. troops at Tarlac, P. I., was read, describing 
the formal raising, at that place on Washington's Birthday, Feb. 22, 
1900, of "Old Glory," by the soldiers under his command. 

At this meeting the following resolution regarding the desecration 
of the flag was adopted: 

Whereas, the United States flag, which is the emblem of the prin- 
ciples and dignity of our Nation, is subjected to thoughtless desecra- 
tion and wilful insult by its use in trademarks and articles of 
merchandise and dress, in costumes of disreputable characters, as 
banners bearing partisan political mottoes and portraits of candidates, 
and has been on numerous occasions torn down, trampled in the dust, 
fired upon and burned in political broils and anarchistic demon- 
strations; and 

Whereas, there is no national law nor local law in the state of 
Colorado whereby such desecration can be legally prevented or pun- 
ished: 

Resolved, that the Colorado Society of the Sons of the American 
Revolution urge our representatives in Congress and in the Legislature 
of Colorado to use their best efforts to secure such reasonable legis- 
lation as will forcibly impress the sacredness of the flag on the minds 
of the thoughtless, and protect it against the abuse of the unpatriotic 
and vicious. 



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OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1900-1901. 

President— GENERAL IRVING HALE. 

Vice-Presidents — 
JOSEPH FARRAND TUTTLE, JR. 
DR. WILLIAM RIDDICK WHITEHEAD 
REV. WILLIAM FREDERICK SLOCUM, D. D. 

Secretary— ARTHUR M. EDWARDS 

Treasurer— SOLOMON BARTON HARDY 

Registrar— CHARLES H. WELLS 

Historian— PROF. GEORGE LYMAN CANNON 

Chaplain— REV. GEORGE T. CRISSMAN, D. D. 

Board of Managers — 

PETER WINNE, Chairman. 

RODNEY J. BARDWELL 

HENRY MERIAM HOUGHTON 

EDWIN SCOTT 

WILLIAM MARVIN SPEARS 

ALFRED CHESTER PHELPS 

HERBERT LAWRENCE KELLY 

GRANVILLE MALCOLM 

Delegates to the Annual Congress of the National Society, 1901. 

GEN. IRVING HALE 

JOSEPH FARRAND TUTTLE, JR. 

CHAUNCEY CURTISS 



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A revised constitution was adopted at the meeting of Sept. 20, 

1900. Compatriot Tuttle read by request a paper by Bishop John T. 
Hurst on "Hereditary Patriotic Societies and Their Influence," and 
Compatriot Bardwell read one on "Cupid in the Revolution," written 
by Compatriot Houghton. The Albany Hotel was again selected as 
the regular place of meeting for the ensuing year. 

The papers at the October meeting were by Compatriot Jones on 
"Discoveries and Settlements in the Western Hemisphere," and by 
Compatriot Cannon on "Colonial Wars." At the November meeting 
were by Compatriot Richardson, "A Synopsis of Events in the History 
of Europe Culminating in the American Revolution," and by Com- 
patriot H. T. Dodge, "A Synopsis of Events in the History of the 
Colonies Culminating in the Revolution;" at the December meeting 
by Compatriot Tuttle on "'75 and '76 in the Revolution," and by Com- 
patriot Steele on "Preliminary Declarations of Independence;" at the 
January meeting by Compatriot Guyer on "'77 in the Revolution," and 
by Compatriot Piatt on "Gates and Burgoyne;" at the February meet- 
ing by Compatriot Keezer on "'78 and '79 in the Revolution," by 
Compatriot Hardy on "Lee," and by Compatriot Dates on "Clinton;" 
and at the March meeting by Compatriot Hunt on "The Closing 
Years of the Revolution," by Compatriot Spears on "Sketches of Greene 
and Cornwallis," President Hale gave an interesting talk on the 
Philippines. 

Eight members were added during this year: Dr. Clarkson New- 
bery Guyer, Samuel Allen Long, James D. Fanning, Edwin M. Pal- 
mer, Jr., A. Stewart Lobingier, Charles Frederick Wadsworth, Harry 
Wilson Dean, John T. Holbrook. 

The address of President Hale at the annual meeting, April 18, 

1901, gives a summary of the year's work worthy of reproduction. 
"The past year has been one of the must successful and profitable 

in the history of the Society. The revised constitution and by-laws 
have been adopted and put into effect. Regular monthly meetings have 
been held, at which a systematic series of papers has been read cover- 
ing the events of the Revolutionary war by years, the lives and char- 
acteristics of the leading American and British oflBcers, and other sub- 
jects of general interest. 

"The recommendation in the last annual address that the Society 
take up, as an appropriate work of a patriotic organization, the advo- 
cacy of legislation to prevent the desecration of the national flag has 
been carried out in a manner which is just cause for gratification. 
The Society adopted resolutions in favor of flag legislation which 
were sent to Colorado's senators and representatives in Congress and 
were also presented to the Thirteenth General Assembly of Colorado 
with a bill drawn up by your flag committee and introduced into the 
House of Representatives by Hon. Wilbur F. Cannon. Considerable 
personal work was done among the members of the Legislature, and 
the support of the press was obtained, resulting in several excellent 
articles and editorials in favor of the proposed act. The bill passed 
both the House and the Senate without opposition, was promptly 
signed by Governor Orman and is now a law. 

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It is thus due primarily to the efforts of the Colorado Society of 
the Sons of the American Revolution that Colorado has been placed 
upon the list of states which have adopted legislation against careless 
desecration of the flag, which tends to deaden the spirit of patriotism, 
and wilful insult to the national emblem, which savors of anarchy 
and treason. The text of the law is as follows: 

"'An Act to Prevent the Desecration of the Flag of the United States 

and of the Flag of This State, 
'"Be it Enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado: 

" 'Section 1. Any pei'son who, in any manner, for exhibition or 
display, puts or causes to be placed, any inscription, design, device, 
symbol, portrait, name, advertisement, words, characters, marks or 
notice whatever upon any flag or ensign of the United States, or 
state flag of this state or ensign evidently purporting to be either 
of said flags, or ensigns, or who, in any manner appends, annexes, 
or affixes to any such flag, or ensign, any inscription, design, device, 
symbol, portrait, name, advertisement, words, marks, notice or 
token whatever, or who displays or exhibits or causes to be displayed 
or exhibited, any flag, or ensign of the United States or flag of this 
state, or flag, or ensign, evidently purporting to be either of said flags, 
upon which shall, in any manner be put, attached, annexed or aflSxed, 
any inscription, design, device, symbol, portrait, name, advei'tisement, 
words, marks, notice or token whatever, or who publicly and wilfully 
mutilates, tramples upon, or who tears down or wilfully and maliciously 
removes while owned by others, or otherwise defaces or defiles any 
of said flags, or ensigns, whether any of said flags, or ensigns, are 
public or private property, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, 
and shall, on conviction thereof, be punished by a fine not exceeding 
two hundred and fifty dollars or imprisoned not exceeding one year, 
or both; Provided, however. That this act shall not apply to flags or 
ensigns the property of or used in the service of the United States 
or of this state, upon which inscription, names of actions, v/ords, 
marks or symbols are placed pursuant to law or authorized regulations. 

" 'And provided further, that nothing in this act shall be con- 
strued so as to prevent the use of such flags for purely decorative pur- 
poses, not involving advertising and not inconsistent with the spirit 
of this act, on patriotic holidays and in connection with patriotic 
celebrations, but that the affixing, imprinting, painting or by any 
means causing the name, portrait or emblem of any political party 
or candidate of any political party to be placed, carried or displayed 
on any of the above described flags or banners, that it shall be deemed 
to be a misdemeanor and shall be punishable as above described.' 

"In order to profit by this victory and to guard against any pos- 
sibility of this law becoming a dead letter, I would respectfully recom- 
mend to your consideration the continuance of the flag committee with 
Instructions to report to the proper authorities all violations of the 
law and to secure its enforcement; and that all members of the 
Society be requested to notify the committee of any cases of improper 
use or desecration of the flag, which come to their notice. 

"Some time ago we received a communication from the trustees 

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of the American Library of Manila, organized for the benefit of all 
inhabitants of the Philippines, and especially of our soldiers and 
sailors, requesting that the sum of ten cents be added to the annual 
dues of each member and applied to the benefit of the Library, and also 
suggesting that contributions of books, magazines, and other literature 
would be acceptable. The Society decided, in lieu of an addition to 
the dues, to ask for a voluntary contribution of 25 cents. All present 
at the meeting made this contribution, and a circular was issued, to 
which there have been numerous responses in cash and reading mat- 
ter. There is nothing that our soldiers and sailors in the Philippines 
need more than good, entertaining reading matter, and there is cer- 
tainly no better work for a patriotic society like ours than to assist 
in supplying this want. 

"I congratulate the Society on its successful and harmonious work 
during the past twelve months and trust that the coming year, the 
first of the twentieth century, will be still more prosperous. 

IRVING HALE. 
President Colorado Society Sons of the American Revolution." 



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OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1901-1902. 

President— GENERAL IRVING HALE. 

Vice-Presidents — 

DR. WILLIAM RIDDICK WHITEHEAD 

REV. WILLIAM FREDERICK SLOCUM, D. D. 

COL. AUGUSTUS W. CORLISS 

HENRY MERIAM HOUGHTON 

JOSEPH FARRAND TUTTLE, JR. 

Secretary— HAROLD CLIFTON STEPHENS 

Treasurer— SOLOMON BARTON HARDY 

Registrar— CHARLES H. WELLS 

Historian— PROF. GEORGE LYMAN CANNON 

Chaplain— REV. GEORGE T. CRISSMAN, D. D. 

Board of Managers — 

RODNEY JEWETT BARDWELL, Chairman 

JAMES AUGUSTUS JONES 

DR. CLARKSON NEWBERY GUYER 

CHAUNCBY CURTISS 

PETER WINNE 

WILLIAM MARVIN SPEARS 

EDWIN SCOTT 

DR. DANIEL AUGUSTUS RICHARDSON 

Delegates to the Annual Congress of the National Society, 1903. 

DR. WILLIAM RIDDICK WHITEHEAD 

FRANK MERRIAM KEEZER 



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A special meeting of the Society was called August 23, 1901, to 
welcome to Denver Hon. Walter Seth Logan of New York, President- 
general of the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolu- 
tion. 

The regular meeting to have been held September 19, was omitted 
on account of the death of Compatriot William McKinley, President 
of the United States. The Colorado Society joined in the memorial 
exercises and parade held this day. Before these exercises the Society 
was called together at the Albany Hotel and the following resolutions 
were adopted: 

"President McKinley, whose death is so sincerely mourned all over 
the worlds was a member of the Society of the Sons of the American 
Revolution, a soldier of honorable and unsullied name, a citizen of pure 
and exalted patriotism, a statesman, the peer of Washington and Lin- 
coln, a Chevalier Bayard in all his relations with his fellow men, a 
Christian who always trustfully laid his hand in the Father's hand, 
the incomparable American, than whom there was not in this genera- 
tion a finer type of genuine Saxon culture, our noble president, who 
so adorned his high office that he was honored with re-election. 

"We deplore his untimely death at the hand of an assassin; but 
with the memory of his dying words, 'It is God's way — His will be 
done," our lips are pure of malice and hate toward him who, in the 
loved form of our president, aimed a bullet at every American heart. 

"Compatriot McKinley's memory will incite our hearts to greater 
constancy, and our hands to purer deeds. The serene sacrifice of his 
life, that made a dying hour worth all of life's living, has thrown a 
new, sweet and human meaning over that greatest fact of human his- 
tory — the sacred tragedy of ancient Gethsemane. 

"Sorrow is the sacred resource of the life that 'has no speech or lan- 
guage, and whose voice is not heard,' but we know each other better, 
as our hearts are keyed in unison to its common note. Standing in 
the shadow of this great sorrow, we would specially remember with 
our sympathy the companion he loved so devotedly, and who was the 
object of solicitude so tender, of love so pure and abiding, that its 
memory will always be a poem in the heart of the American people. 

JOSEPH F. TUTTLE, JR., 
CHAUNCEY CURTISS, 
HAROLD C. STEPHENS, 

Committee." 

At the October meeting Compatriot Jones read an article on the 
prominent men of Litchfield County, Conn., showing how many noted 
men and women of the country had been born or brought up in this 
county. 

At the November meeting, Compatriot Keezer read a paper on 
"New Hampshire in the Revolution." 

At the December meeting. Compatriot Tuttle read a paper on "New 
Jersey in the Revolution," Compatriot Dates on "New York in the 
Revolution," and Compatriot Jones on "Delaware in the Revolution." 

At the January meeting Compatriot Hunt read a paper on "Penn- 

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sylvania in the Revolution" and Compatriot Cannon on "Connecticut 
in the Revolution." 

For the February meeting papers were prepared by Compatriot 
Stephens on "Rhode Island in the Revolution," by Compatriot Guyer 
on "Maryland in the Revolution," and by Compatriot Bardwell on 
"Georgia in the Revolution." 

At the March meeting Compatriot Houghton spoke on the subject, 
"Massachusetts in the Revolution," Compatriot Hyde on "Virginia in 
the Revolution," and Compatriot Steele on "North Carolina in the 
Revolution." 

Fourteen members were added to the Society during this year: 
Josiah Winchester, Henry Martyn Stoddard, Volcott Coye Stoddard, 
Charles S. Ripley, Edward R. Chew, George Washington Hewitt, Henry 
Trowbridge, Frank M. Thompson, Harper Leiper, Abbott L. Wright, 
George K. Andrus, Barton Lowe, Herbert A. D. Lowe, Albert Edward 
Burruss. 



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OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1902-1903. 

President— DR. WILLIAM RIDDICK WHITEHEAD 

Vice-Presidents — 

FRANK MERRIAM KEEZER 

JUDGE N. WALTER DIXON 

EDWIN SCOTT 

DR. CLARKSON NEWBERY GUYER 

GEN. IRVING HALE 

Secretary— HAROLD CLIFTON STEPHENS 

Treasurer— SOLOMON BARTON HARDY 

Registrar— LEONARD DATES 

Historian— PROF. GEORGE LYMAN CANNON 

Chaplain— REV. DAVID UTTER, D. D. 

Board of Managers — 

HENRY MERIAM HOUGHTON, Chairman 

PETER WINNE 

CHAUNCEY CURTISS 

HARPER LEIPER 

WILLIAM MARVIN SPEARS 

HENRY JOHNSON HERSEY 

JAMES AUGUSTUS JONES 

JOHN T. HOLBROOK 

Delegates to the Annual Congress of the National Society, 1903. 
FRANK MERRIAM KEEZER 

GEN. IRVING HALE 
EDWARD LOWELL KELLY 



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DR. WILLIAM RIDDICK WHITEHEAD. 



At a special meeting of the Society October 15, 1902, the following 
resolutions were adopted on the sudden death of President White- 
head, which occurred on the 13th: 

"This Society records the profound sense of its appreciation of 
the honor which the presidency of Dr. William Riddick Whitehead 
has conferred upon it. He was the loved leader we all delighted to 
follow — a life member of the Colorado Society of the Sons of the 
American Revolution — a soldier whose distinguished services on the 
staff of Prince Gortschakoff in the Crimean war merited the extraor- 
dinary honor of the Order of St. Stanislaus from the great Alexander 
the Second; also a soldier in a, great war on this western continent, 
whose hands dressed the wounds, and whose loving arms tenderly 
carried from the field of Chancellorsville his wounded chieftain, Stone- 
wall Jackson, to die despite the love that would have freely offered 
itself, that the idol of the people might live; an honored professor 
for seven years of a great medical college in New York City; the 
honored president for several terms of the Colorado State Medical 
Society; the manly magnetic American whose manhood was full of 
rich, red blood; a doer of things and not a dreamer, 'always pleased 
with his own world and hating onlj^ sham and cant;' an ardent 
lover of our united Union; a knight among us without reproach. 
Dr. Whitehead, whose death we sincerely deplore, in every relation 
was a man whose sense of right towards his fellow man and of duty 
toward his God was ever set at the magic hour of high twelve. 

" 'Tell Emerson how I love him,' said Charles Sumner in his 
dying hour. This was the loving and considerate spirit of our Pres- 
ident in his very last thoughts and words, as to a fellow compatriot 
he wrote and spoke of our Society. And then with his head resting 
so natui'ally on his hand, he closed his eyes, and 

" 'God's finger touched him and he slept.' 

JOSEPH F. TUTTLE, JR., 
CLARKSON N. GUYER, 
PETER WINNE, 

Committee.''^ 

The February meeting was a joint meeting with the Children of 
the American Revolution at Unity Church. 

The March meeting was a "smoker" held at the Albany Hotel. 

The death of President Whitehead seemed to have had a depress- 
ing influence upon the Society during the year 1902-1903; few meet- 
ings were held, and but four new members .joined : Robert A. Leiper, 
Dr. William Kirkwood Robinson, Ernest Roy Padget, David Oliver 
Peelor. 



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OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1903-1904. 

President— FRANK MBRRIAM KEEZER 

Vice-Presidents — 

GSN. IRVING HALE 

SOLOMON BARTON HARDY 

CHAUNCEY CURTISS 

REV. WILLIAM FREDERICK SLOCUM, D. D. 

WILLIAM MARVIN SPEARS 

Secretary— HAROLD CLIFTON STEPHENS 

Treasurer— CHARLES H. WELLS 

Registrar— LEONARD DATES 

Historian— PROF. GEORGE LYMAN CANNON 

Chaplain— REV. DAVID UTTER, D. D. 

Board of Managers — 

HENRY MERIAM HOUGHTON, Chairman 

HENRY JOHNSON HERSEY 

JAMES AUGUSTUS JONES 

GRANVILLE MALCOLM 

HARPER LEI PER 

JOHN T. HOLBROOK 

ROBERT D. HOBART 

LEVI HUNT 

Delegates to the Annual Congress of the National Society, 1904. 

DR. CLARKSON NEWBERY GUYER 

HENRY JOHNSON HERSEY 

HARPER LEIPER 

HAROLD CLIFTON STEPHENS 

DR. WILLIAM KIRKWOOD ROBINSON 

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FRANK MERRIAM KEEZER. 



The October meeting was held in the ordinary of the Brown 
Palace Hotel. Compatriot Hyde gave a talk on "The First Surrender 
of the Royal Army During the Revolution," being an account of the 
campaign in the North and the surrender of Burgoyne; and Compatriot 
Steele on "The Origin of Tammany." 

November 19, 1903, the regular monthly meeting was held at the 
same place, and was addressed by Compatriot Cannon on "Thanks- 
givings in the Revolution." 

Compatriot Robinson entertained the Society at its meeting in 
January at his home, 1207 Marion Street. Compatriot Downs pre- 
sented the topic, "The Signers of the Declaration of Independence," 
and Dr. Franklin R. Carpenter spoke on "Our Ancestors." 

At the Brown Palace Hotel Washington's Birthday was celebrated 
by a banquet with the following program: "The President," Major A. C. 
Sharpe, U. S. A.; "Our Society," Dr. Clarkson N. Guyer; "Revolu- 
tionary Sires," Henry Johnson Hersey; "Washington," Joseph Farrand 
Tuttle, Jr. 

The March meeting was held at the home of President Keezer. 
Compatriot Wing read a paper on "Noted Royalists of the American 
Revolution," and Compatriot Robinson on "The Events of March 17, 
1776." 

On April 19, 1904, the Colorado Society of the Sons of the Amer- 
ican Revolution and the Denver Chapter of the Daughters of the Amer- 
ican Revolution held a joint meeting at the Woman's Club. The 
members of the new organization, the Colorado Chapter of the Daugh- 
ters of the American Revolution, were the guests of the evening. 
President Keezer read a short paper on the "Battle of Lexington and 
Concord." Compatriot Tuttle spoke on "Actions and Reactions of 
National Life." On behalf of the Daughters, Mrs. Henry F. Brooks, 
Regent of Denver Chapter, made a short address. At the close of the 
meeting Dr. Clarkson N. Guyer, president-elect, was introduced and 
spoke briefly. Refreshments and dancing closed the evening's enter- 
tainment. 

Eleven members were added this year: Nahum Morrill Wing, 
Ovett Newton Smith, Carlton Sherman Pearse, Walter D. Wynkoop, 
Lewis Parker Abell, Ernest Gardner Edwards, Herbert Duncan Gas- 
kill, N. Bourelle Studebaker, Fred Alfred Sabin, John H. Leiper, Carton 
Harvey Plumb. 



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OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1904-1905. 

President— DR. CLARKSON NEWBERY GUYER 

Vice-Presidents — 

HENRY JOHNSON HERSEY 

JOSEPH FARRAND TUTTLE, JR. 

FRANK MERRIAM KEEZER 

REV. WILLIAM FREDERICK SLOCUM, D. D. 

DR. WILLIAM KIRKWOOD ROBINSON 

Secretary— JOHN T. HOLBROOK 

Treasurer— CHARLES H. WELLS 

Registrar— LEONARD DATES 

Historian— PROF. GEORGE LYMAN CANNON 

Chaplain— REV. AMMI B. HYDE, D. D. 

Board of Managers— 

HENRY MERIAM HOUGHTON, Cliairman 

HAROLD CLIFTON STEPHENS 

HARPER LEIPER 

CHAUNCEY CURTISS 

LEVI HUNT 

PROF. EDGAR ROLLIN DOWNS 

PETER WINNE 

NAHUM MORRILL WING 

Delegates to the Annual Congress of the National Society, 1905. 

HENRY JOHNSON HERSEY 

DR. CLARKSON NEWBERY GUYER 

DR. FRED NEWMAN GUYER 




DR. CLARKSON NEWBERY GUYER. 



The members of the Society were entertained at a "Beefsteak 
Supper" at the Albany Hotel by President Guyer, October 20, 1904. 
James H. Peabody, governor of Colorado, and president of the Colorado 
Society of the Sons of the Revolution; Ralph Voorhees, ex-president of 
the Sons of the Revolution; Sherman M. Bell, adjutant general of the 
Colorado National Guard, were present as honored guests and made 
addresses. 

The regular November meeting was held at the Albany Hotel 
and was addressed by Compatriot Steele on "Washington in Political 
Campaigns," by Compatriot Downs on "Ancestors of Our Revolutionary 
Ancestors," and by Compatriots H. Leiper and Jones on "Mt. Vernon 
and Vicinity." 

At the January meeting the paper was presented by Mr. J. L. 
Donahue on "The Causes of the American Revolution and Some Mis- 
takes in Teaching Them in the Public Schools." 

During the month of February, 1905, Compatriot Tuttle on behalf 
of the Sons of the American Revolution, spoke before the Chamber of 
Commerce on a day set apart by them to commemorate Lincoln's Birth- 
day upon "Lincoln in the great debate with Judge Douglas." 

Washington's Birthday v/as celebrated by a banquet at the Albany 
Hotel, presided over by President Guyer. Toasts were responded to 
as follows: "George Washington," Compatriot Hunt; "Our State," 
Governor Alva Adams; "Our City," Mayor Robert W. Speer; "The 
Enfranchised Man," Hon. James H. Pershing; "The Sons of the Rus- 
sian Revolution," Rabbi C. H. Kauvar; "The Composite Character of 
the Nation," Chancellor Henry A. Buchtel. 

Compatriot Stephens entertained about forty members of the Society 
at the March meeting at his residence. Mrs. L. C. Greenlee read 
Edward Everett Hale's "A Man Without a Country," and Compatriot 
Tuttle spoke on "Aaron Burr," who is thought to be the original of 
the sketch read by Mrs. Greenlee. 

About thirty members were present at the annual meeting at the 
Albany Hotel April 19, 1905. Addresses were made by Compatriots 
Houghton and Studebaker, and recitations were given by Joseph New- 
man. 

Twenty-seven members were added this year: Calvin Henry Morse, 
George Goodell Morse, Bradish Phillius Morse, Alfred Mudge, Eben 
Miles Hills, Ralph Albert Parsons, Harry Edmunds Smith, Dr. Fred 
Newman Guyer, Hugh Peoples Guyer, Earle Oscar Roberts, Ransom 
Harvey Boltwood, Rufus Van Boskirk Lincoln, Lester Jewett Moulton, 
John Robert Henderson, Fred Marcus Myers, Ray Edwin Babcock, 
James C. Todd, Lester Christopher Wheeler, Edward William Milligan, 
Russell Spray Padget, George Milbank Hersey, John Milton Campbell, 
John Saylor Donaldson, Walter Pugsley Meek, William Dunham Nash, 
Rev. William J. Harsha, D. D., Duncan Wolcott Miller. 



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OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1905-1906. 

President— HENRY JOHNSON HBRSEY 

Vice-Presidents — 

DR. CLARKSON NEWBERY GUYER 

REV. WILLIAM FREDERICK SLOCUM, D. D. 

JOSEPH FARRAND TUTTLE, JR. 

DR. WILLIAM KIRKWOOD ROBINSON 

HAROLD CLIFTON STEPHENS 

Secretary— JOHN T. HOLBROOK 

Treasurer— CHARLES H. WELLS 

Registrar— LEONARD DATES 

Historian— PROF. GEORGE LYMAN CANNON 

Cliaplain— REV. AMMI B. HYDE, D. D. 

Board of Managers — 

HENRY MERIAM HOUGHTON. Chairman. 

LEVI HUNT 

HARPER LEIPER 

FRANK MBRRIAM KEEZER 

GEN. IRVING HALE 

CHAUNCEY CURTISS 

PROF. EDGAR ROLLIN DOWNS 

JAMES SHELDON TEMPLE 

Delegates to the Annual Congress of the National Society, 1906. 

HENRY JOHNSON HBRSEY 

DR. CLARKSON NEWBERY GUYER 

EDWARD LOWELL KELLY 

LESTER C. WHEELER 

JAMES D. FANNING 

Alternates. 

GEORGE MILLBANK HBRSEY 

DR. FRED NEWMAN GUYER 

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HENRY JOHNSON HERSEY. 



On the occasion of the visit of President Roosevelt to Denver, 
the Colorado Society of the Sous of the American Revolution placed 
In his room at the Brown Palace Hotel a large bouquet of American 
Beauty roses tied with the Society colors. It was accompanied with 
the following letter: 
"To TumooHK RoosEVKLT, President of the United States: 

HoNouKi) Compatriot: Rufus Choate, in once ])resenting a ban- 
ner from the ladies of Salem to the Whig Club of that city, spoke of 
it as 'the work of hands that doubtless many of them had given away 
at the altar; hands for which many altars might contend; hands 
that have woven the web of immortal thought and recorded si)eech. 
The work of such hands, the gift of such hearts,' he beautifully said, 
'you will prize it more than if woven out of the tints of the summer 
evening sunset, inscribed, wrought, and brought down to earth by 
viewless artists of the skies.' 

"In this same spirit that the value of the gift is not in the 
thing itself, but in the love that inspires it, will you accept this small 
token of the great love the Colorado Society of the Sons of the 
American Revolution bears for you? 

"The flower is the poetry of American history because God spoke 
his great message to the world in the immortal Mayflower compact 
of 1620, the sacredness of human law, the necessity of civil compact, 
and the freedom of the individual soul. It was the Mayflower thai- 
carried the precious seed of self-government from the 'little church 
of Leyden' across the Atlantic through that remarkable parting letter 
of Pastor John Robinson, that was the bright prophecy of a great 
nation whose government was to be a pure democracy, a democracy 
that was to be founded upon the brotherhood of fair play, of square 
dealing, of love itself, that universal solvent of all human ills and 
oppression. 

" 'It was in the cabin of the Mayflower,' says George Bancroft in 
one of his resonant periods, 'that humanity recovered its rights and 
instituted a government upon the basis of equal and just laws for 
the general good.' 

"And so, the flower has ever been God's new evangel of peace 
and good will to the human race. We love these American Beauties 
because of the sweet message of love they bear as we leave them 
with you, but much more do we love the American spirit of him who 
does us the honor to receive them. In the brief moment of your stay 
among us, it is 'Hail and farewell,' the welcome and the parting- all 
too quickly over. 

"Wishing for yourself the realization of every anticipation of 
pleasure and health in this visit, and for ourselves the pleasure of 
many returns of your honored presence to Colorado, that 'fair country 
beyond the river,' we are 

"Yours very cordially, 

HENRY J. HERSEY, 
IRVING HALE, 

JOSEPH FARRAND TUTTLE, JR., 

Committee." 

At the October meeting. Compatriot Harper Leiper spoke on the 

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"Surrender of Cornw.illis." A musical programme was rendered by 
Compatriots Wells, I'earse, Ilolbrook and Hills. 

The November meeting was a joint one with the Colorado Society 
of the Sons of the RevohUion to celebrate "Evacuation Day," Novem- 
ber 25. It was held at the Adams Hotel, James H. Peabody, president 
of the Sons of the Revolution, i)residing. Toasts were responded to 
by President Plenry J. Hersey and Compatriots Tuttle and Hale for 
the Sous of the American Revolution and by James H. Brown and 
William E. Sweet on behalf of the Sons of the Revolution. Fifty- 
two members from ea(;h society were present. 

The program of the evening for the meeting of December 28 was 
based on the life and works of Alexander Hamilton, on which subject 
Compatriots Clarkson N. Guyer and Levi Hunt read papers and Com- 
patriots .Jones and Studebaker spoke. 

Washington's Birthday, February 22, 190G, was celebrated by a 
joint meeting with the Colorado Chapter of the Daughters of the 
American Revolution and the Denver Chapter of the Daughters of the 
American Revolution at the Woman's Club Building. Addresses were 
delivered by Very Rev. Dean H. Martyn Hart, D. D., and President 
William F. Slocum, D. D., of Colorado College on the "Comparative 
Privileges of British and American Citizens." Music and patriotic 
songs completed the program, after which a reception was held with 
Covernor McDonald and Mayor S])eer as the guests of honor. Refresh- 
ments and dancing completed the festivities of the evening. 

About thirty members met for the March meeting at the resi- 
dence of President Hersey with many ladies and invited guests. 
Papers were read on the "Life and Works of Benjamin Franklin" by 
Compatriots Parsons and Harper Leiper. 

At the annual meeting held April 19, 1906, a message of sympathy 
was sent to the California. Society of the Sons of the American Rev- 
olution because of the suffering and loss caused to compatriots in the 
earthquake disaster of the day before. 

Eight members were added this year: Henry Youngs, Ashbel 
King St. Clair, W. Harmon Hall, Andrew Allen Beard, Tasso Vance Orr, 
Warren Curtis Bogue. Charles Frederick Yeakel, Irving Storrs Morse. 

Efforts were made by President Hersey to secure the display of 
the national flag from the residence of every member on April 19, 
June 17, July 4, and other days similarly celebrated. 

The Chamber of Commerce of Denver turned its February, 1906, 
meeting into a memorial service to Lincoln and Washington, whose 
birthdays came so near each other in this month. Compatriot Clark- 
son N. Guyer, a member of the Chamber of Commerce, in the name 
of the Sons of the American Revolution furnished the decorations 
for that meeting by permission of the president of the Chamber. One 
of the two principal addresses was delivered by Compatriot Joseph Far- 
rand Tuttle. Jr., on "Abraham Lincoln's Speech at Cooper Institute, Feb- 
ruary 27, 1860." 



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HAROLD CLIFTON STEPHENS. 



OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1906-1907. 
President— HAROLD CLIFTON STEPHENS 

Vice-Presidents — 

PROF. GEORGE LYMAN CANNON 

JOSEPH FARRAND TUTTLB, JR. 

DR. CLARKSON NEWBERY GUYER 

HENRY JOHNSON HERSEY 

HARPER LEIPBR 

Secretary— JOHN T. HOLBROOK 

Treasurer— CHARLES H. WELLS 

Registrar— EBEN MILES HILLS 

Historian— PROF. EDGAR ROLLIN DOWNS 

Chaplain— REV. WILLIAM J. HARSHA, D. D. 

Board of Managers — 

HENRY MERIAM HOUGHTON, Chairman 

LEVI HUNT 

EDWARD WILLIAM MILLIGAN 

CHAUNCEY CURTISS 

FRANK MERRIAM KEEZER 

GEN. IRVING HALE 

PROF. RALPH ALBERT PARSONS 

LEONARD DATES 



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A unique event, in which the Society was represented by some 
of its prominent members, was the Pike's Pealv Centennial Cele- 
bration at Colorado Springs in September, 1906. 

No mountain in the United States is better known, but for many 
years after its discovery by that veritable Son of the American Revo- 
lution, General Zebulon M. Pike, in 1806, it was known by other 
names. Though for the last half century known generally as "Pike's 
Peak," it had never been authoritatively so named. It was reserved 
for our compatriot. General Irving Hale, representing the United 
States Army, to officially christen it with its rightful name, to the 
sound of cannon, and amid a blinding snow storm on the summit of 
the peak, Wednesday, September 2G, 1906. 

The program of exercises announced for that occasion as the 
principal speaker our compatriot, Rev. William Frederick Slocum, 
D. D., president of Colorado College. Also present at this event was 
Compatriot Clarkson N. Guyer, a member of the general committee 
of the Centennial Celebration as the representative of the Colorado 
Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Another member of 
this Committee was Professor George Lyman Cannon, representing the 
Colorado Historical Society. 

Besides the above mentioned members who took part in the exer- 
cises there were present at the Historical meeting in the evening. 
Compatriots Solomon Barton Hardy, Walter Pugsley Meek and N. 
Bourelle Studebaker. 

At the October meeting, on account of the death of Henry Martyn 
Stoddard and Chauncey Curtiss, the meeting was postponed until 
Thursday, November 1, when Compatriot John H. Leiper read a 
paper on "The Public Life of Thomas Jefferson" and Compatriot 
Daniel A. Richardson on "The Home Life of Thomas Jefferson." 
At this meeting, which was held in the Adams Hotel, the visitors 
and members were the guests of President Stephens. 

To bring this history down to date it is but fitting to state 
that the Colorado Society of the Sons of the American Revolution 
and the Denver Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolu- 
tion are to celebrate on Saturday evening, November 24, 1906, at 
the Adams Hotel, the anniversary of the evacuation of the City of 
New York by the British. 

Since the beginning of the j^ear the following have been admitted 
to membership: James Augustus De La Vergne, Jr., Rev. John Henry 
Houghton, Clarkson J. Guyer. 



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CONSTITUTION. 



ARTICLE I. 

NAME. 

Sec. 1. The name of this Society shall be: "The Colorado Society 
of the Sons of the American Revolution." It shall be part of the 
National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, 

SEAL. 

Sec. 2. The Seal of this Society shall be the same as the Seal 
of the National Society, Sons of the American Revolution, except 
that "Colorado" shall be substituted for "National," and "July 4th, 
1896," for "April 30th, 1889." 



Sec. 3. The Insignia of this Society shall be the same as the 
Insignia of the National Society. 

LOCAL CHAPTEKS. 

Sec. 4. Local Chapters may be established in the State of Colo- 
rado under the jurisdiction of the Colorado Society. 

ARTICLE II. 

OBJECTS. 

Sec. 1. The objects of this Society shall be to perpetuate the mem- 
ories of the men who achieved the Independence of the American Peo- 
ple, and to keep alive their patriotic spirit; to carry out the senti- 
ments expressed in the Preamble to the Constitution and Washing- 
ton's Farewell Address; to collect and preserve records pertaining 
to the Revolutionary War and Colonial History, and to promote 
social intercourse and good feeling among Americans. 

ARTICLE III. 

MEMBERSHIP. 

Sec. 1. Any man shall be eligible to membership in this Society 
who being of the age of twenty-one years or over, and a citizen of 
good repute in the community, is the lineal descendant of an ancestor 
who was at all times unfailing in his loyalty to and rendered actual 
service in the cause of American Independence, either as an officer, 

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soldier, seaman, marine, militiaman or minuteraan, in the armed 
forces of the Continental Congress or of any one of the several Colonies 
or States; or as a signer of the Declaration of Independence; or as a 
member of a committee of Safety or Correspondence; or as a member 
of any Continental, Provincial or Colonial Congress or Legislature; 
or as a civil officer, either of one of the Colonies or States of the 
National Government; or as a recognized patriot who performed actual 
service by overt acts of resistance to the authority of Great Britain. 

ARTICLE IV. 

Sec. 1. The officers of the Society shall be: A President; five 
Vice-Presidents; a Secretary; a Treasurer; a Registrar; an Historian; 
a Chaplain; a Board of Managers, consisting of eight members; the 
officers of the Society being ex-officio members of the Board of Mana- 
gers. 

COMMITTEES. 

Sec. 2. The President shall appoint a Membership Committee of 
three members; an Entertainment Committee of five members, and 
such other committees as may be considered desirable. 

ARTICLE V. 

QUORUMS. 

Sec. 1 A quorum of the Society shall be eight members, and of 
the Board of Managers, three. 

ARTICLE VI. 

AMENDMENTS. 

Sec. 1. This Constitution may be amended or altered at any time, 
by a two-thirds vote of those i)resent at a meeting, provided notice of 
such alteration shall have been presented at a previous meeting. 



BY-LAWS. 



ARTICLE I. 

Sec. 1. Applications for membership must be made on blanks 
furnished by the Society in duplicate, sworn to by the applicant, and 
sent to the Registrar. After examination and approval by the Regis- 
trar, they wijl be submitted to the Membership Committee and when 
unanimously approved by said Committee and by the Registrar General 
of the National Society, the applicant shall become a member upon 
payment of the initiation fee. 

Sec. 2. The initiation fee shall be One Dollar, and the annual 
dues. Two Dollars and Fifty Cents, payable in advance on or before the 
date of the Annual Meeting. 

Sec. ?i. The payment of Twenty-five Dollars by a member at any 
time shall constitute a life membership and shall exempt such member 
of this Society from payment of further dues. 

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Sec. 4. Any member of another State Society in good standing 
may become a member of this Society after a favorable vote by the 
Membership Committee. No annual dues for the year in which he joins 
the Society shall be exacted from such member. 

Sec. 5. The serial number received by each member heretofore ad- 
mitted, or hereafter admitted, to this Society shall never be assigned to 
any other member. 

ARTICLE II. 

Sec. 1. Any member failing to pay his annual dues for two con- 
secutive years, may be dropped from membership on vote of the Board 
of Managers. 

Sec. 2. Any member may resign his membership, if his dues are 
all paid, by notifying the Registrar in writing. 

ARTICLE III. 

Sec. 1. The Oihcers of the Society shall be elected at the annual 
meeting, and a majority of votes shall be required for choice. The 
term of office shall be one year, and until successors are elected. Va- 
cancies occurring during the year may be filled by the Board of Man- 
agers. 

" Sec. 2. The annual meeting shall be held on April 19th, the anni- 
versary of the Battle of Lexington. If it be impracticable, in any year, 
to hold the meeting on that day, it may be held on some day near that 
time, designated by the Board of Managers. 

Sec. o. Regular monthly meetings shall be held on the third 
Thursday of each month from September to March, both inclusive. 

Sec. 4. Special meetings may be held on the call of President, 
or three members. 

ORDER OF BUSINESS. 

Sec. 5. The presiding officer shall call the meeting to order. 

Prayer by the Chaplain. 

Roll Call. 

Reading of the minutes of previous meeting. 

Reports of Officers. 

Reports of Committees. 

Unfinished business. 

Reading of Communications. 

New business. 

Election of Officers. 

Sec. 6. The proceedings of this Society shall be governed by Rob- 
erts' Rules of Order. 

ARTICLE IV. 

Sec. 1. The President shall preside at all meetings of the Society 
and shall perform all duties ordinarily pertaining to his office. 

Sec. 2. The Vice-Presidents shall in the order of their seniority 
perform the duties of the President in his absence. 

Sec. 3. The Secretary shall keep minutes of all meetings of the 

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Society and Board of Managers, and certify to all their acts. He shall 
perform the duties generally incumbent upon his office. 

Sec. 4. The Treasurer shall have custody of the funds of the Soci- 
ety. He shall keep a true account of his receipts and expenditures. He 
shall not pay out any money from the Treasury except upon the appro- 
val of the Board of Managers. 

Sec. 5. The Registrar shall receive all applications for member- 
ship and turn the same after his approval over to the Membership Com- 
mittee, and shall afterwiirds receive and place them on file. He shall 
forward duplicates of applications to the National Society, and issue 
certificates of membership to the members of this Society. He shall 
perform the duties of Secretary in the latter's absence. 

Sec. 6. The Historian shall have the custody of all historical 
and genealogical papers, books and manuscripts belonging to the 
Society. 

Sec. 7. The Secretary, Treasurer, Registrar and Historian shall 
each render a yearly report to be read at the annual meeting. 

Sec. 8. The Chaplain shall perform the religious duties of the So- 
ciety. 

Sec. 9. The Board of Managers shall have general management of 
the affairs and welfare of the Society. No money shall be paid out 
without the approval of the Board. 

ARTICLE V. 

Sec. 1. These By-Laws may be altered or amended by a two-thirds 
vote of those present at any regular meeting. 

Sec. 2. These By-Laws may be suspended at any meeting by unan- 
imous consent. 

By-Laws adopted April 19, 1900. 
Constitution adopted September 10, 1900. 

REQUISITES FOR MEMBERSHIP. 

The applicant must be of lawful age. 

Descent from Revolutionary ancestors must be lineal, but it may 
be on either paternal or maternal lines. 

Eligibility is based on services rendered in the cause of American 
Independence, either as a soldier, seaman, civil officer or recognized 
patriot, in the Revolutionary War. 

The aiiplicant must file his application in duplicate on the blanks 
furnished by the Society, and must make affidavit to the statements 
therein contained. 

The record of the ancestor's military service must be given fullj% 
but concisely; services to be shown by proof, not tradition. 

Descent may be claimed from more than one Revolutionary ances- 
tor, without extra cost. 

The acceptability of the applicant must be attested by the endorse- 
ment of his application by two members of the Society, and by a per- 
sonal letter of recommendation from at least one of the endorsing 
members. 

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To make search for proofs, the applicant must know the state the 
ancestor served from, and in writing officials simply ask "for the mili- 
tary service of A. B., said to have been a soldier in the Revolutionary 
War," and they will inform you of any data the records show. Also, 
give the name of town or county he served from if you know. Cor- 
respond with the following officials and others named in the various 
states, for certificates of military service: 

CONNECTICUT — Examine "Connecticut Men in the Revolution," 
published by the state, to be found in Denver Public Library. 

DELAWARE — Address Secretary of State, Dover, Delaware. Fee 
for search and certificate, $5.00. 

GEORGIA — Write Secretary of Georgia Historical Society, Savan- 
nah. 

MARYLAND — Write Commissioner of Land Office, Annapolis, 
Maryland. Fees: search 25 cents, certificate 75 cents. 

MASSACHUSETTS— Address Secretary of Commonwealth, Bos- 
ton; no fee for search; certificate $1.00. See also "Massachusetts in 
the Revolution," in the Denver Public Library. 

NEW HAMPSHIRE — See Roster published by this state, to be 
found in Denver Public Library. 

NEW JERSEY — Address Adjutant General, Trenton, New Jersey. 
No fee for search or certificate. 

NEW YORK — See "New York in the Revolution," in Denver Public 
Library. 

NORTH CAROLINA— Write State Auditor, Raleigh, North Caro- 
lina. No charge for search; certificate $5.00. 

PENNSYLVANIA — Write State Librarian, Harrisburg, Pennsyl- 
vania. Search, $2.00; certificate, $1.00. 

RHODE ISLAND— Write Secretary of State, Providence. No 
charge for search; certificate, $1.50. 

SOUTH CAROLINA— This state has no rosters of privates, and 
but meagre records of officers; list of officers published in Charleston 
Year Book, 1893. 

VIRGINIA— Write Hon. William G. Stanard, Secretary Virginia 
Historical Society, Richmond, Virginia. Fees, $1.00 for search; $1.50 
for certificate. 

VERMONT— Write Adjutant General, Fairlee, Vermont. Fee, $1.00 
to $2.00, according to amount of research. 

In instances when ancestor or his widow was known to be a pen- 
sioner, write to the Commissioner of Pensions at Washington, D. C. 
No cost for obtaining data, but in such cases it is advisable to have the 
Secretary of the Society write, stating the purpose for which the infor- 
mation is desired. 

Applications may be sent either to the Registrar or the Secretary 
of the Society. 

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FEES AND DUES. 

The initiation fee is $1.00 and annual dues $2.00, payable April 19tli, 
each year. Life membership, $25.00. 

Initiation fees and first annual dues are to be paid to the Secre- 
tary before enrollment. 

The certificate of membership issued by the National Society is 
19x24 inches, handsomely engraved and engrossed, and costs $1.50. 

The Rosette of the Society's colors, blue, white and buff, costs 25 
cents. 

The Insignia of the Society, consisting of a maltese cross in silver, 
surmounted by an eagle in gold, is furnished at a cost of $9.00. It bears 
upon the obverse a bust of Washington in profile, and on the reverse 
the figure of a Minuteman with the motto, "Libertas et Patria;" the 
same in gold at $20.00. 

Further information may be obtained from any of the members. 

Blank application forms and other supplies can be had of the Reg- 
istrar. 

INCORPORATION. 

Within a few weeks after the organization of the Society, a com- 
mittee was appointed to secure its incorporation under the laws of 
the State of Colorado, with these charter members: 

Edward Lowell Kelly, Arthur Smith Dwight, George Lyman Can- 
non, Joseph Farrand Tuttle, Jr., Elihu Baker Clark, Charles Flanders 
Dodge, Henry Meriam Houghton, Charles Hicks Stickney, Arthur C. 
Moulton, William Frederick Slocum, Elmer Frederick Kelly, William 
Ira Locke, Theron W. Crissey, William Marvin Spears, Waterman 
Hunt, Wilbur F. Steele. 

No further action was taken, however, at this time, and it was not 
until August 30, 1906, that the incorporation was effected by filing with 
the Secretary of State the following Articles of Incorporation: 

STATE OF COLORADO, ) 

CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER, j" 

ENOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That we, Harold Clifton 
Stephens, Clarkson Newbery Guyer, and John T. Holbrook, citizens of 
the United States, and residents of the State of Colorado, have associ- 
ated ourselves together as a Corporation not for profit, under the name 
and style of "The Colorado Society of The Sons of The American Rev- 
olution," for the purpose of becoming a body corporate and politic 
under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Colorado; and in accord- 
ance with the provisions of the laws of the State, we do make, execute 
and acknowledge in duplicate this certificate in writing of our intention 
so to become a body corporate under and by virtue of said laws. 

First. — The corporate name and style of our said corporation shall 
be, "The Colorado Society of The Sons of The American Revolution." 

Second. — The objects for which our said corporation is formed and 
incorporated is to keep alive the patriotic spirit and to perpetuate the 
memories of the men who in military, naval or civil service, by their 
acts or counsel achieved American Independence; to collect and pre- 
serve the records, memorials, traditions and relics relative to the war 

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of the American Revolution; to promote social intercourse and good 
feeling among its members; to cherish, maintain and extend the insti- 
tutions of American freedom; to foster true patriotism and love of 
country among all our people; to render benevolent and charitable aid 
to the needy ; and to acquire property of all kinds, both real and per- 
sonal, for the purpose of carrying out the objects as above set forth; 
together with power to sell, incumber and dispose of any or all of said 
property. 

Third. — This corporation shall be endowed with power to perform 
each and every act necessary to be done to effect said objects or any of 
them as maybe meet in the premises as fully to all intents and pur- 
poses as though herein specifically enumerated. 

Fourth. — The affairs and management of our said corporation or 
order are to be under the control of a body of eight managers (or 
directors) and Henry Meriam Houghton (chairman) and Levi Hunt, 
Edward William Milligan, Chauncey Curtiss, Frank Merriam Keezer, 
Irving Hale, Ralph Albert Parsons and Leonard Dates are hereby 
selected to act as said Board of Managers, and are to manage the affairs 
of said corporation or order during the first year or until about the 
19th day of April, A. D. 1907, or until their successors are selected and 
qualified. 

Fifth. — The following persons shall be the officers of our said cor- 
poration for the first year, or until about the 19th day of April. A. D. 
1907, or until their successors are elected and qualified, to wit: 

Harold Clifton Stephens, President, 

George Lyman Cannon, Jr., Senior Vice-President, 

Joseph Farrand Tuttle, Jr., Vice-President, 

Clarkson Newbery Guyer, Vice-President, 

Henry Johnson Hersey, Vice-President, 

Harper Leiper, Vice-President, 

John T. Holbrook, Secretary, 

Charges H. Wells, Treasurer, 

Eben Miles Hills, Registrar, 

Edgar Rollin Downs, Historian, 

Rgv. William J. Harsha, Chaplain. 

Sixth. — The principal office of this corporation shall be in the City 
of Denver, State of Colorado. 

Seventh. — The officers and Board of Managers shall have power 
to make a constitution and by-laws and regulations as they may deem 
proper for the management of the affairs of this corporation, accord- 
ing to the laws in such case made and provided. 

Eighth. — The seal of the said corporation shall be circular in form, 
with the name of the said corporation as set forth above. 

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, We have hereunto set our hands 
and seals on this 29th day of August, A. D. 1906. 

HAROLD CLIFTON STEPHENS. [seal] 

CLARKSON NEWBERY GUYER. [seal] 

JOHN T. HOLBROOK. [seal] 

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STATE OP COLORADO, 

V ss. 
CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER, 



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I, John H. Leiper, a Notary Public in and for the said County and 
State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Harold Clifton Stephens, Clark- 
son Newbery Guyer and John T. Holbrook, personally known to me to 
be the persons whose names are signed to the annexed instrument of 
writing, appeared before me this day in person and acknowledged that 
they signed and severally executed the said instrument of writing as 
their free and voluntary act and deed for the uses and purposes therein 
set forth. 

Given under my hand and notarial seal this 30th day of August, 
A. D. 1906. 

My notarial commission expires March 5, A. D. 1907. 

JOHN H. LEIPER, Notary Public. 



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state No. National No. 

151— Abell, Lewis Parker. 12,285. 

1733 Lincoln Avenue, Denver. 
Son of Chandler MacKelsey and Racliel Josephine (Hilton) Abell; 
Grandson of Robert and Julia (Tucker) Abell; 
Great-grandson of Abel Ahell, private in Connecticut troops. 

50 — Anderson, Archer R. 9,525. 

1311 South Tenth Street, Denver. 

Son of James Waters and America (Archer) Anderson; 

Grandson of Jesse Kilgore and Jane Sharp (McDonald) Archer; 

Great-grandson of Zachariah Archer, private Pennsylvania Rifle 

Regiment. 

139— Andrus, George K. 13,964. 

1900 East Fourteenth Avenue, Denver. 
Son of Alanson E. and Eliza (Cole) Andrus; 
Grandson of Ebenezer and Sarah (Close) Andrus; 
Great-grandson of David Andrus, private in Connecticut troops. 

175 10,700. 

Resigned. 

76— Arnold, William W., M. D. 11,276. 

Colorado Springs, Colorado. 
Son of John and Sarah Ann (Ball) Arnold; 
Grandson of Abner and Rhoda Price (Martin) Ball; 
Great-grandson of Davis Ball, private New Jersey Militia. 
173— Babcock, Ray Edwin. 16,398. 

3425 Bryant Street, Denver. 
Son of Spencer Wells and Cornelia Eliza (Ball) Babcock; 
Grandson of Champness and Susan D. (Wood) Ball; 
Great-grandson of John, Jr., and Elizabeth Wood; 
Great (2) grandson of John Wood, private 11th Virginia Regiment. 
66— Bardwell, Rodney Jewett. 8,342. 

701 Kittredge Building, Denver. 
Son of Hiram Webster and Gertrude Elizabeth (Jewett) Bardwell; 
Grandson of Daniel Abbott and Susie (Jones) Bardwell; 
Great-grandson of Silas Bardwell, private of Whately, Mass. 
Great (2) grandson of Perez Bardwell. lieutenant in Colonel Fel- 
lows' Massachusetts Regiment. 
Great (3) grandson of Ebenezer Bardwell, lieutenant in Colonel 

Woodbridge's regiment, Bennington Alarm. 
Great (2) grandson of John Abbott, Colonel New York Militia. 
188— Beard, Andrew Allen. 17,388. 

1545 Steele Street, Denver. 
Son of Allen Camp and Abigail (Smith) Beard; 

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Grandson of Andrew and Nancy (Camp) Beard; 
Grandson of William Smith and Susan Beard Smith; 
Great-grandson of Andrew Beard, private Milford Guard, Conn. 

Militia. 
Great-grandson of David Smith, private Connecticut troops. 
74-— Bell, Lieut. William Hemphill, Jr. 10,699. 

First U. S. Cav., Fort Sam Houston, Texas. 
Son of William Hemphill and Mary Rebecca (Edgar) Bell; 
Grandson of Thomas Sloan and Kezia Anne (Hemphill) Bell; 
Great-grandson of William and Anne (McClellan) Hemphill; 
Great (2) grandson of Joseph McClellan, Captain Ninth Penn. 

Line. 

84— Bishop, Edward A. 11,284. 

1050 Emerson Street, Denver. 
Son of Edward F. and Ellen (Dates) Bishop; 
Grandson of Abraham H. and Ann (McKelvey) Dates; 
Great-grandson of Adam and Rebecca (Westervelt) Dates; 
Great (2) grandson of Casper Westervelt, private New York Militia. 

190— Bogue, Warren Curtis. 11,634. 

813 East Fourteenth Avenue, Denver. 
Son of Oswell Amos and Mary Strong (Moody) Bogue; 
Grandson of Warren Steuben and Sally (Underwood) Bogue; 
Great-grandson of Samuel Cook Bogue, private Hooker's Conn. 
Militia. 

168— Boltwood, Ransom Harvey. 16,393. 

3459 Lawrence Street, Denver 
Son of Ransom Height and Sarah Effie (Clarkson) Boltwood; 
Grandson of Frederick Pettis and Mabel E. (Washburn) Boltwood; 
Great-grandson of .John, Jr., and Eunice (Brainerd) Boltwood; 
Great (2) grandson of John Boltwood, private Massachusetts 
Troops. 

36 — Eouton, Edwin Davis. 9,511. 

Died October 23, 1899. 
Son of Bennett A. and Martha Ann (Young) Bouton; 
Grandson of William and Hannah (Carrington) Bouton; 
Great-grandson of William Bouton, sergeant Connecticut Coast 

Guards. 

42 — Bragdon, George E. 9,517. 

Died August 5, 1905. 
Son of Charles P. and Sarah (Cushman) Bragdon; 
Grandson of Samuel Bragdon, private Knox's Continental Artillery. 

33 9,508. 

Resigned. 

48 9,523. 

Resigned. 
142 10,364. 

Resigned. 

177— Campbell, John Milton. 17,877. 

Walsenburg, Colo. 

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Son of John C. L. and Emily (Brooks) Campbell; 

Grandson of Thomas J. and Susannah (Poor) Brooks; 

Great-grandson of John and Hannah (Chute) Poor; 

Great (2) grandson of Joseph Poor, Captain Massachusetts Militia; 

Great (2) grandson ot James C/iwie, Massachusetts Minuteman and 
Representative. 

49 g g24. 

Resigned. 
3 — Cannon, George Lyman. 9,228. 

1914 Pennsylvania Avenue, Denver. 

Son of George Lyman and Frances Amelia (Downs) Cannon; 

Grandson of John Ward and Louisa (Smith) Downs; 

Great-grandson of David and Eunice (Ward) Downs; 

Great (2) grandson of Nathaniel Downs, private Connecticut Artil- 
lery; 

Great-grandson of Bradford Smith, sergeant Connecticut Militia; 

Great (2) grandson of Joseph Smith, sergeant Connecticut State 
Guards; 

Great (2) grandson of Philemon Smith, sergeant Connecticut Artil- 
lery. 

133 — Chew, Edward Reynolds. 13,958. 

Pueblo, Colorado. 
Son of Dr. Samuel H. and Emily (Higbee) Chew; 
Grandson of Samuel and Ann H. (Payne) Chew; 

Great-grandson of Samuel Chew, Captain Third Maryland. 
133_ ^^ g 

Resigned. 
80 — Coolidge, Charles Austin. 11,280 

Demitted to California Society, February 4, 1904. 

88 — j-j^ 2gs 

Resigned. 
108— Corliss, Gen. Augustus W. 3,441. 

2844 West Twenty-fifth Avenue, Denver. 
Second United States Infantry. 

Wounded at Santiago, Cuba, July 1, 1898. Retired March 25, 1901. 
Promoted Brigadier General on Retired List, April 23, 1904; 
Son of Robert Elwell and Asenath (Field) Corliss; 
Grandson of Ebenezer and Lydia (Elwell) Corliss'; 
Great-grandson of Joshua Corliss, private Haverhill, Massachusetts 
Company of Minutemen. 
13 ^^ g 2^g 

Resigned. 
89 — Crissman, George Thomas. H 289 

Died May 10, 1905. 
Son of Adam and Nancy (Reighley) Crissman; 
Grandson of Matthew and Susannah (Mifflin) Reighley; 
Great-grandson of Thomas Mifflin, Major General Continental 
Army; Signer, Declaration of Independence. 
110 — Curtiss, Chauncey. 12 185 

Died October 16, 1905. 

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Son of William and Elizabeth B. (Vance) Curtiss; 
GnuKlson of Samuel and Agnes (Warnock) Vance; 
Great-grandson of Robert Vance, Captain Ninth Virginia Regiment. 
28— Daniels, Howard Bigelow. 9,503. 

Died June 15, 1900. 
Son of Nathan liagar and Isabella (Brown) Daniels; 
Grandson of George Washington and Mary (Hagar) Daniels; 
Great-grandson of Nathan and Sally (Travis) Hagar; 
Great (2) grandson of Elijah Travis, private Massachusetts Militia. 

S3 — Dates, Leonard. 11,283. 

Denver Dry Goods Company, Denver. 
Son of Abraham H. and Ann M. (McKelvey) Dates; 
Grandson of Adam and Rebecca (WesterveU) Dates; 
Great-grandson of Casper WesterveU, private New York Militia. 

128— Dean, Harry Wilson. 13,953. 

State House, Denver. 
Son of Henry .). and Agnes (Wilson) Dean; 
Grandson of John and Anna (Webster) Wilson; 
Great-grandson of Thomas Wilson. Lieutenant New Hampshire 
Troops. 
193 — De La Vergne, James Augustus, Jr. 17,393. 

3317 Clay Street, Denver. 
Son of James Augustus and Frances Mary (Preston) De La 

Vergno; 
Grandson of John and Rhoda (Collins) De La Vergne: 
Great-grandson of Ih-njamin De La Vergne, Captain New York Mili- 
tia, Major Fourth Regiment, New York Militia, Member Third 
I'rovincial Congress, 177G. 

77— Dille. Dr. George Albert. 11,277. 

931 Sixteenth Street, Denver. 
Son of John Rutan and Nancy (Rogers) Dille; 
Grandson of Aaron and Elizabeth (Rutan) Dille; 
Great-grandson of Samuel Rutan, private New Jersey Line. 

29 — Dixon, John Roman. 9,504. 

1280 Gilpin Street, Denver. 
Son of George C. and Virginia William (White) Dixon; 
Grandson of liittleton Stevens and Mary Anne (Jones) White; 
Great-grandson of William White. Captain Virginia Line. 

27— Dixon, N. Walter. 9,502. 

Pueblo, Colorado. 
Son of George C. and Virginia William (White) Dixon; 
Grandson of Littleton Stevens and Mary Anne (Jones) White; 
Great-grandson of William White. Captain Virginia Line. 

t) — Dodge, Dr. Charles Flanders. 9,231. 

630 Sixteenth Street, Denver. 
Son of Rufus and Caroline B. Dodge; 
Grandson of Silas and Maria (Tucker) Dodge; 
Groat-grandson of Abraham DocUjc. private Massachusetts Line. 

116— Dodge, Dr. Horace Colburn. 12,191. 

Steamboat Springs. Colorado. 

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Son of Horace Oscar and Laura H. (Sturtevant) Dodge; 
Grandson of Horace and Lucy Ann (Hickman) Dodge; 
Great-grandson of Zebulon and Salome (Thayer) Dodge; 
Great (2) Grandson of Caleb Dodge, private Massacliusetts Militia. 
20— Dodge, Dr. Horace T. 9,245. 

25 Jacobson Building, Denver. 
Son of Rufus and Caroline B. Dodge; 
Grandson of Silas and Maria (Tucker) Dodge; 
Great-grandson of Abraham Dodge, private Massachusetts Line. 

115 — Dodge, Dr. Horace Oscar. 12,190. 

Boulder, Colorado. 
Son of Horace and Lucy Ann (Hickman) Dodge; 
Grandson of Zebulon and Salome (Thayer) Dodge; 
Great-grandson of Caleb Dodge, private Massachusetts Militia. 

178 — Donaldson, Dr. John Saylor. 17,878. 

2085 Emerson Street, Denver. 
Son of James Brownlee and M. Susan (Saylor) Donaldson; 
Grandson of Sebastian Saylor; 
Great-grandson of Samuel Saylor; 

Great (!') grandson of George Michael Saylor, private in Pennsyl- 
vania Militia. 
32— Downs, Edgar Rollin. 9,507 

1415 South Fifteenth Street, Denver. 
Son of Rollin Calvin and Emeline Amelia (Moffitt) Downs; 
Grandson of Ralph and Asenath (Cheney) Moffitt; 
Great-grandson of Godfrey and Delight (Warren) Moffitt; 
Great (2) grandson of Eleazer and Lucy (Cummins) Moffitt, 

private in Connecticut Militia; 
Great (3) grandson of Dr. Thomas and Elizabeth (Bateman) 
Moffitt, Justice of the Peace of Windham County, Conn., 1775- 
1779. 
Great (2) grandson of Ephraim and Susannah (Hubbard) Warreti, 

Captain in Connecticut Militia; 
Great (3) grandson of Eleazer and Mary (Day) Warren, member 
of Connecticut Legislature, 1775. 
25 — Draper, Col. Thomas Wain-Morgan. 9,250. 

Dcmitted to California Society. 

2 4,967. 

Resigned. 
91 — Edwards, Arthur Marvin. 11,291. 

513 McPhee Building, Denver. 
Son of Andrevv^ Wesley and Miriam Electa (Marvin) Edwards; 
Grandson of Guy Hastings and Margaret (Kennedy) Marvin; 
Great-grandson of John and Miriam Marcy (Newell) Kennedy; 
Great (2) grandson of Timothy Neicell, Lieutenant Colonel Massa- 
chusetts Militia. 
152 — Edwards, Dr. Ernest Gardner. 14,766. 

La Junta, Colorado. 
Son of William H. and Lydia E. (Whittier) Edwards; 
Grandson of Bryce S. and Abigail (Flood) Edwards; 

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Great-grandson of Edmund and Martha (Lombard) Flood; 
Great-grandson of William Mitchell and Betsey (Everett) Mitchell; 
Great (2) grandson of Calvin Lombard, private in Massachusetts 

Troops; 
Great (2) grandson of Josiah Everett, Jr., private in Massachusetts 
Troops. 
90— Edwards, J. Stanley. 11,290. 

513 McPhee Building, Denver. 
Son of Andrew Wesley and Miriam Electa (Marvin) Edwards; 
Grandson of Guy Hastings and Margaret (Kennedy) Marvin; 
Great-grandson of John and Miriam Marcy (Newell) Kennedy; 
Great (2) grandson of Timothy Newell, Lieutenant Colonel Massa- 
chusetts Militia. 

120 ■ 12,195. 

Resigned. 
123 — Fanning, James D. 12,198. 

New Lexington Hotel, Boston, Massachusetts. 
Son of John and Eliza (Graff) Fanning; 
Grandson of Daniel Graff; 
Great-grandson of Jacob Graff, private New York Militia. 

47— Follett, Benjamin Franklin. 9,522. 

Steamboat Springs, Colorado. 
Son of Frederick and Sarah (Sutherland) Follett; 
Grandson of Frederick Follett, private Connecticut Militia. 
153— Gaskill, Herbert Duncan. 16,376. 

Salt Lake City, Utah. 
Son of DeWitt Clinton and Emeline (Duncan) Gaskill; 
Grandson of Isaac and Betsey (Whipple) Duncan; 
Great-grandson of John Duncan, sergeant New Hampshire Troops. 
195— Guyer, Ciarkson J. 17,395. 

2134 Williams Street, Denver. 
Son of Ciarkson Newbery and Jeanette Kate (Donaldson) Guyer; 
Grandson of Hugh Peoples and Sarah Augusta (Ciarkson) Guyer; 
Great-grandson of Richard and Harriet (Dickinson) Guyer; 
Great (2) grandson of Isaac and Lucinda (Seymour) Dickinson; 
Great (3) grandson of Daniel and Mary (Palmer) Dickinson, Major 

Thirteenth Albany County New York Regiment; 
Great (3) grandson of William and Sarah (Patrick) Seymour, 

private in Connecticut Militia; 
Great (4) grandson of WilUain and Elizabeth (Campbell) Patrick, 

private Thirteenth Albany County New York Regiment; 
Great (5) grandson of Robert Campbell, private New York Militia; 
Great (4) grandson of George Palmer, private New York Militia; 
Great (2) grandson of Luke Mac Guyer, sergeant major New York 
Troops. 

121 — Guyer, Dr. Ciarkson Newbery. 12,196. 

204 Jackson Building, Denver. 
Son of Hugh Peoples and Sarah Augusta (Ciarkson) Guyer; 
Grandson of Richard and Harriet (Dickinson) Guyer; 
Great-grandson of Isaac and Lucinda (Seymour) Dickinson; 

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Great (2) grandson of Daniel and Mary (Palmer) Dickinson, Major 
Thirteenth Albany County New York Regiment; 

Great (2) grandson of William and Sarah (Patrick) Seymour, pri- 
vate Connecticut Militia; 

Great (3) grandson of William and Elizabeth (Campbell) Patrick, 
private Thirteenth Albany County New York Regiment; 

Great (4) grandson of Robert Campbell, private New York Militia; 

Great (3) grandson of George Palmer, private New York Militia; 

Great-grandson of Luke Mac Ouyer, sergeant major New York 
Troops. 
165 — Guyer, Dr. Fred Newman. 16,390. 

Albany, New York. 

Son of Hugh Peoples and Sarah Augusta (Clarkson) Guyer; 

Grandson of Richard and Harriet (Dickinson) Guyer; 

Great-grandson of Isaac and Lucinda (Seymour) Dickinson; 

Great (2) grandson of DanieZ and Mary {Pa\mer) Dickinson, Major 
Thirteenth Albany County New York Regiment; 

Great (2) grandson of William and Sarah (Patrick) Seymour, 
private Connecticut Militia; 

Great (3) grandson of William and Elizabeth (Campbell) Patrick, 
private Thirteenth Albany County Regiment; 

Great (4) grandson of Robert Campbell, private New York Militia; 

Great (3) grandson of Oeorge Palmer, private New York Militia; 

Great-grandson of Luke Mac Ouyer, sergeant major New York 
Troops. 
166— Guyer, Hugh Peoples. 16,391. 

Albany, New York. 

Son of Richard and Harriet (Dickinson) Guyer; 

Grandson of Isaac and Lucinda (Seymour) Dickinson; 

Great-grandson of Daniel and Mary (Palmer) Dickinson, Major 
Thirteenth Albany County New York Regiment; 

Great-grandson of William and Sarah (Patrick) Seymour, private 
Connecticut Militia; 

Great (2) grandson of William and Elizabeth (Campbell) Patrick, 
private Thirteenth Albany County New York Regiment; 

Great (3) grandson of Robert Campbell, private New York Militia; 

Great (2) grandson of George Palmer, private New York Militia; 

Grandson of Luke Mac Guyer, sergeant major New York Troops. 
46 — Hale, Gen. Irving. 9,621. 

1430 Franklin Street, Denver. 

Son of Horace Morrison and Eliza (Huntington) Hale; 

Grandson of John and Jane (Morrison) Hale; 

Great-grandson of David and Elizabeth (Holden) Hale, private New 
Hampshire Militia; 

Great (2) grandson John Hale, Colonel and Surgeon New Hamp- 
shire Militia. 
187— Hall, Dr. W. Harmon. 17,387. 

711 Seventeenth Street, Denver. 

Son of James P. and Myra (Bradley) Hall; 

Grandson of Harmon and Harriet (Bishop) Bradley; 

Great-grandson of Abraham Bradley, private in Massachusetts 
Militia; 

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Great (2) grandson of David Law, private Connecticut Light 
Horse. 

7.9— Hardy, Solomon B. 11,279. 

207 Boston Building, Denver. 
Son of Solomon and Mary Backus (Barton) Hardy; 
Grandson of Titus Theodore Barton, private Sear's Massachusetts 
Regiment. 

93— Harriman, Russell. 11,293. 

Demitted to Missouri Society, 1899. 

183— Harsha, Rev. William J., D. D. 17,383. 

Denver. 
Son of William W. and Catherine (Smith) Harsha; 
Grandson of Almerine and Lois (Larrabee) Smith; 
Great-grandson of Nathan Smith, private in Colonel Allen's Regi- 
ment Vermont Volunteers; 
Great-grandson of George Harsha, private New York Militia. 

171— Henderson, John Robert. 16,396. 

Kittredge Building, Denver. 
Son of Robert McChesney and Carolina Melroy (Bowlby) Hender- 
son; 
Grandson of Joseph and Sarah (Melroy) Bowlby; 
Great-grandson of Robert and Eleanor (Cole) Melroy; 
Great (2) grandson of John Cole, private New Jersey Troops. 

22— Herrick, Seiden F. 9,247. 

Died June 7, 1899. 
Son of John C. and Ellen L. (Topping) Herrick; 
Grandson of Nathaniel and Mary S. Topping; 
Great-grandson of Abraham and Prudence (Howell) Topping; 
Great (2) grandson of Philip Howell, Second Lieutenant New York 

Militia. 
Great (2) grandson of Edward Topping, First Lieutenant New York 

Militia. 

184— Hersey, George Miibank. 17,384. 

Hartford, Connecticut. 
Son of Joseph O. B. and Mary (Knowles) Hersey; 
Grandson of Henry Johnson Hersey; 
Great-grandson of Jonathan Hersey, Corporal Massachusetts Militia. 

57 — ^Hersey, Henry Johnson. 10,682. 

404 Continental Building, Denver. 
Son of Joseph O. B. and Mary (Knowles) Hersey; 
Grandson of Henry Johnson Hersey; 

Great-grandson of Jonathan Hersey, corporal Massachusetts 
Militia. 

134— Hewitt, George Washington. 13,959. 

14 Masonic Temple, Denver. 
Son of Thomas Jefferson and Fanny Augusta (Rockwood) Hewitt; 
Grandson of George Washington and Margaret (Cronkleton) 

Hewitt; 
Great-grandson of Rohcrt Hewitt, private Connecticut Line. 

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162— Hills, Eben Miles. 16,387. 

301 Symes Building, Denver. 
Son of Hubert Sears and Susan (Cass) Hills; 
Grandson of Eben Miles and Stella (Sears) Hills; 
Great-grandson of Miles and Anna (Buttrick) Hills; 
Great (2) grandson of Medad Hills, Lieutenant Colonel Seventeenth 
Regiment, Connecticut Militia. 
43— Hobart, Robert D. 9,518. 

South Omaha, Nebraska. 
Son of Nathaniel M. and Jerusha (Davie) Hobart; 
Grandson of Abraham and Betsy Hobart; 
Great-grandson of Adam Hobart, sergeant Massachusetts Militia. 

129— Holbrook, John T. 13,954. 

1715 California Street, Denver. 
Son of George and Estelle G. (Gilbert) Holbrook; 
Grandson of Silas A. and Amelia A. (Hickok) Holbrook; 
Great-grandson of Silas Holbrook. private and surgeon Brewer's 
Massachusetts Regiment. 
194— Houghton, Rev. John Henry. 17,394. 

Son of Alfred and Julia Ann (Fenton) Houghton; 
Grandson of John and Elizabeth (Willis) Houghton; 
Great-grandson of John Houghton; 

Great (2) grandson of Darius Houghton, private in Massachusetts 
Militia. 
7 — Houghton, Henry Meriam. 9,232. 

Seattle, Washington. 
Son of Samuel A. and Martha Warren (Hay ward) Houghton; 
Grandson of Putnam and Linda (Warren) Haywood; 
Great-grandson of Ephraim Warren, Jr., Corporal Massachusetts 
Militia. 
68— Hover, Charles L. 10,693. 

Longmont, Colorado. 
Son of William U. and Harriet Hover; 
Grandson of Ezekiel and Sarah (Adgate) Hover; 
Great-grandson of Manuel Hover, Captain New Jersey Militia. 
106— Hover, William U. 12,181. 

1439 Franklin Street, Denver. 
Son of Ezekiel and Sarah (Adgate) Hover; 
Grandson of Manuel Hover, Captain New Jersey Militia. 

15 9,240. 

Resigned. 

56 10,681. 

Resigned. 

15 9.240. 

Resigned. 
118— Hunt, Levi. 12,193. 

512 Temple Court, Denver. 
Son of Arba L. and Margaret E. (Corby) Hunt; 
Grandson of Matthew B. and Elizabeth (Williams) Corby; 
Great-grandson of Joseph and Mary (Kent) Williams; 

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Great (2) grandson of Jacob Kent, sergeant Third New Jersey Regi- 
ment. 
21— Hyde, Ammi B., D. D. 9,246. 

University Parl?^, Colorado. 
Son of Asahel J. and Mary O. (Hinclvley) Hyde; 
Grandson of Jared Hinckley, private Connecticut Line. 
112— Jaycox, Thomas William, Jr. 12,187. 

Omaha, Nebraska. 
Son of Thomas W. and Mary A. (Dates) Jaycox; 
Grandson of Peter and Abbie (McKelvey) Dates; 
Great-grandson of Adam and Rebecca (Westervelt) Dates; 
Great (2) grandson of Casper Westervelt, private New York Militia. 
G9— Johnson, Herbert Earl. 10,694. 

Englewood, Colorado. 
Son of Julius Earl and Martha Ann (Farnum) Johnson; 
Grandson of Ira and Cynthia (Cushman) Johnson; 
Great-grandson of Samuel Johnson, private Connecticut Militia. 

70 — Johnson, Robert Cushman. 10,695. 

17 Jacobson Building, Denver. 
Son of Julius Earl and Martha Ann (Farnum) Johnson; 
Grandson of Ira and Cynthia (Cushman) Johnson; 
Great-grandson of Samuel Johnson, private Connecticut Militia. 

73 — Jones, James Augustus. 10,698. 

46 Bank Block, Denver. 
Son of Henry Elisha and Lydia Jones; 
Grandson of Elisha and Betsey (Thayer) Jones; 
Great-grandson of Elisha Jones, First Lieutenant Faulkner's Massa- 
chusetts Regiment. 

94— Jones, Leonard C. 11,294. 

302 Continental Building, Denver. 
Son of Frederick N. and Cordelia A. (Hodge) Jones; 
Grandson of Lorin and Phoebe (Baker) Hodge; 
Great-grandson of Benjamin Hodge, private Connecticut Militia; 
seaman, Connecticut privateer. 

117 — 12,192. 

Resigned. 

53 — Keezer, Frank Merriam. 10,678. 

610 Kittredge Building, Denver. 
Son of David and Henrietta C. (Merriam) Keezer; 
Grandson of Luther and Sarah Allen (Dexter) Merriam; 
Great-grandson of John and Esther (Brockway) Merriam, Jr., 

private New Hampshire Militia; 
Great (2) grandson of John Merriam. Sr.. private New Hampshire 

Militia; 
Great-grandson of Stephen Knight and Olive (Allen) Dexter; 
Great (2) grandson of Samuel Allen, private Massachusetts Militia; 
Grandson of David and Mary (Rogers) Keezer; 
Great-grandson of David Keezer, private New Hampshire Militia. 

1— Kelly, Edward Lowell. 9,226. 

Boston, Massachusetts. 
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Son of Edward Doten and Mary Ann (Keene) Kelly; 
Grandson of Horatio and Priscilla (Doten) Kelly; 
Great-grandson of Timothy Kelly, private Massachusetts Militia; 
Great-grandson of Ephraim and Susannah (Morse) Doten, private 

Massachusetts Line; 
Great (2) grandson of Ezekiel Morse, private New Hampshire 

Troops. 

11 9,236. 

Resigned. 

60 — Kelly, Herbert Lawrence. 10,685. 

1633 California Street, Denver. 
Son of Charles Edwin and Harriet (Gage) Kelly; 
Grandson of Joseph Butterfield and Hannah (Reed) Gage; 
Great-grandson of Benjamin and Johanna (Emerson) Gage; 
Great (2) grandson of Benjaviin Gage, private New Hampshire 
Militia. 

35 — Kirtland, John H, 9,510. 

San Jose, California. 
Son of Charles P. and Sarah Emilia (Coe) Kirtland; 
Grandson of Jonathan and Betsey (Cowell) Coe; 
Great-grandson of Thomas Coe, private Connecticut Militia. 

137 — Leiper, Harper. 13,962. 

Goldfield, Nevada. 
Son of James and Elizabeth McCune (Hanna) Leiper; 
Grandson of Hugh and Ester (Harper) Leiper; 
Great-grandson of James Leiper, private Pennsylvania Frontier 
Rangers. 

156 — Leiper, John H. 16,381. 

158 Byers Street, Denver. 
Son of James and Elizabeth McCune (Hanna) Leiper; 
Grandson of Hugh and Ester (Harper) Leiper; 
Great-grandson of James Leiper, private Pennsylvania Frontier 
Rangers. 

143 — Leiper, Robert A. 13,967. 

Greeley, Colorado. 
Son of James and Elizabeth McCune (Hanna) Leiper; 
Grandson of Hugh and Ester (Harper) Leiper; 
Great-grandson of James Leiper, private Pennsylvania Frontier 
Rangers. 

119 12,194. 

Resigned. 
169 — Lincoln, Rufus Van Boskirk. 16,394. 

428 Exchange Building, Denver. 
Son of Richard Van Boskirk and Anna Maria (Pellman) Lincoln; 
Grandson of John and Hannah (Van Boskirk) Lincoln; 
Great-grandson of Michael Lincoln, private Pennsylvania Troops. 

125 12,200. 

Resigned. 

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59— Locke, Dr. Charles Earle. 10,684. 

1355 Welton Street, Denver. 
Son of Galen L. and Susan (Allen) Locke; 
Grandson of Sylvester and Hannah (French) Allen; 
Great-grandson of Noah French, private New Jersey Troops. 

98— Locke, Edgar R. 12,298. 

1080 Downing Avenue, Denver. 
Son of Ira Edgar and Lydia (Rice) Locke; 
Grandson of Ira and Harriet (Roberts) Locke; 
Great-grandson of Josiah and Elizabeth (Hartwell) Locke; 
Great (2) grandson of Josiah Locke, Captain Massachusetts Militia. 

12 9,237. 

Resigned. 

122— Long, Samuel Allen. 12,197. 

Died November 5, 1905. 
Son of Joseph and Sarah (Miller) Long; 

Grandson of William Long, Captain Cumberland County Pennsyl- 
vania Associators. 

140 — Lowe, Barton. 13,965. 

523 Exchange Building, Denver. 
Son of Isaac Lawson and Charlotte (Weatherby) Lowe; 
Grandson of Benjamin and Rachael (Smith) Weatherby; 
Great-grandson of David Weatherby, Captain New Jersey Troops. 

141— Lowe, Herbert A. D. 13,966. 

523 Exchange Building, Denver. 
Son of Barton and Rose (Abbott) Lowe; 
Grandson of Isaac Lawson and Charlotte (Weatherby) Lowe; 
Great-grandson of Benjamin and Rachael (Smith) Weatherby; 
Great (2) grandson of David Weatherby, Captain New Jersey 
Troops. 

30— Ludlow, George F. 9,505. 

Died September 5, 1899. 
Son of E. Jones and Maria E. (Hildreth) Ludlow; 
Grandson of Matthew and Hannah (Topping) Hildreth; 
Great-grandson of Abraham and Prudence (Howell) Topping; 
Great (2) grandson of Edward Topping, First Lieutenant New York 

Militia; 
Great (2) grandson of Philip Howell, Second Lieutenant New York 
Militia. 

64, 10,689. 

Resigned. 

19— Mallaby, Oliver William. 9,244. 

Pueblo, Colorado. 
Son of Theodore Francis and Elizabeth Popham (Bleecker) Mal- 
laby; 
Grandson of Leonard and Sarah Elizabeth (Popham) Bleecker; 
Great-grandson of William Popham, Captain Hazen's Regiment, Bre- 
vet-Major Continental Army. 

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102— Mayo, Dudley D. 12,177. 

1553 Clarkson Street, Denver. 
Son of Henry Hunt and Louisa (Winston) Mayo; 
Grandson of Daniel Dudley and Mary (Putnam) Mayo; 
Great-grandson of Colonel Israel and Sarah (Waldo) Putnam; 
Great (2) grandson of General Israel Putnam, Major General Con- 
tinental Army. 
81— McFarlane, Frank Belford. 11,281. 

1267 Race Street, Denver. 
Son of William O. and Mary Elizabeth (Hale) McFarlane; 
Grandson of Charles Grosvenor and Sarah (Jones) Hale; 
Great-grandson of John and Jane (Morrison) Hale; 
Great (2) grandson of David and Betsey (Holden) Hale, private 

New Hampshire Militia; 
Great (3) grandson of John Hale, Surgeon New Hampshire Troops. 
51— McHarg, Charles King. 10,676. 

Pueblo, Colorado. 
Son of William Neill and Selima (Storrs) McHarg; 
Grandson of William and Sophia (King) McHarg; 
Great-grandson of Joshua King, Lieutenant Sheldon's Continental 
Dragoons. 

179— Meek, Walter Pugsley. 17,879. 

2142 Grant Avenue, Denver. 
Son of Henry and Mary (Pugsley) Meek; 
Grandson of Walter Per Lee and Ruth (Kirby) Pugsley; 
Great-grandson of Peter Van Allen and Samantha (Per Lee) 

Pugsley; 
Great (2) grandson of Edmond Per Lee, Paymaster Dutchess 
County New York Militia. 
185— Miller, Duncan Wolcott. 17,385. 

1039 Washington Avenue, Denver. 
Son of Jared and Janette (McPherson) Miller; 
Grandson of Aaron and Sarah (Howes) Miller; 
Great-grandson of Stephen Miller, private New York Troops. 
182— Milligan, Edward William. 17,382. 

1346 Clayton Street, Denver. 
Son of James Thompson and Mary Elizabeth (Arms) Milligan; 
Grandson of William A. and Mary Ann (Aiken) Arms; 
Great-grandson of Peter and Elizabeth (Goodhue) Aiken; 
Great (2) grandson of Josiah Ooodhue, private New Hampshire 
State Troops. 
101— Mitchell, Walter I. 12,176. 

Demitted to Minnesota Society. 
160— Morse, Bradish Phillius. 16,385. 

1607 Race Street, Denver. 
Son of Samuel and Olive (Goodell) Morse; 
Grandson of Calvin and Lucinda (Wait) Morse; 
Great-grandson of Phillius Morse, drummer Porter's Hampshire 

County Massachusetts Militia; 
Grandson of Elbridge Gerry and Rebecca Read (Darling) Goodell; 
Great-grandson of James and Olive (Read) Darling; 

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Great (2) grandson of Benjamin Darling, sergeant Massachusetts 

Militia; 
Great (2) grandson of Ahel Read, private Massachusetts Militia; 
Great (3) grandson of Benjamin Read, private Massachusetts 

Militia; 

158— Morse, Calvin Henry. 16,383. 

1359 Race Street, Denver. 
Son of Samuel and Olive (Goodell) Morse; 
Grandson of Calvin and Lucinda (Wait) Morse; 
Great-grandson of Phillius Morse, drummer Massachusetts Militia; 
Grandson of Elbridge Gerry and Rebecca Read (Darling) Goodell; 
Great-grandson of James and Olive (Read) Darling; 
Great (2) grandson of Benjamin Darling, sergeant Massachusetts 

Militia; 
Great (2) grandson of Ahel Read, private, Massachusetts Militia; 
Great (3) grandson of Benjamin Read, private Massachusetts 

Militia. 

159— Morse, George Goodell. 16,384. 

1607 Race Street, Denver. 

Son of Samuel and Olive (Goodell) Morse; 

Grandson of Calvin and Lucinda (Wait) Morse; 

Great-grandson of Phillius Morse, drummer Massachusetts Militia; 

Grandson of Elbridge Gerry and Rebecca Read (Darling) Goodell; 

Great-grandson of James and Olive (Read) Darling; 

Great (2) grandson of Benjamin Darling, sergeant Massachusetts 
Militia; 

Great (2) grandson of Abel Read, private Massachusetts Militia; 

Great (3) grandson of Benjamin Read, private Massachusetts 
Militia. 
192— Morse, Irving Storrs. 17,392. 

1347 High Street, Denver. 

Son of Edward Perry and Sarah Pierce (Storrs) Morse; 

Grandson of Ashbel and Armina (Russ) Storrs; 

Great-grandson of Royal and Sarah (Pierce) Storrs; 

Great (2) grandson of Joseph Storrs, Member Committee of Cor- 
respondence in Connecticut. 
44— Morse, NATillard Samuel. 9,519. 

Seaford, Delaware. 

Son of Samuel and Olive (Goodell) Morse; 

Grandson of Calvin and Lucinda (Wait) Morse; 

Great-grandson of Phillius Morse, drummer Massachusetts Militia; 

Grandson of Elbridge Gerry and Rebecca Read (Darling) Goodell; 

Great-grandson of James and Olive (Read) Darling; 

Great (2) grandson of Benjamin Darling, sergeant Massachusetts 
Militia; 

Great (2) grandson of Abel Read, private Massachusetts Militia; 

Great (3) grandson of Benjamin Read, private Massachusetts 
Militia. 

9— Moulton, Arthur C. 9,234. 

Meeker, Colorado. 

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Son of Albert A. and Ann Maria (Sawyer) Moulton; 
Grandson of Richard Hall and Relief (Brown) Sawyer; 
Great grandson of Caleb and Susan (Hall) Sawyer; 
Great (2) grandson of Richard Hall, Lieutenant Massachusetts 
Troops. 
170— Moulton, Lester Jewett. 16,395. 

Boulder, Colorado. 
Son of Gilman and Adelaide (Littlefield) Moulton; 
Grandson of Horace and Dorcas (Shorey) Littlefield; 
Great-grandson of Josiah and Sarah (Littlefield) Littlefield; 
Great (2) grandson of Daniel Littlefield, Major First York County 
Regiment Massachusetts Militia. 
172— Myers, Fred Marcus. 16,397. 

845 South Logan Avenue, Denver. 
Son of Harry Beverly and Annie Eliza (Latham) Myers; 
Grandson of John and Fanny (Smith) Myers; 

Great grandson of Timothy Smith, private Connecticut Militia and 
Commander-in-Chief's Guard. 

161 16,386. 

Resigned. 
180— Nash, William Dunham. 17,380. 

1625 Tremont Street, Denver. 
Son of Harvey Bennett and Mary Jane (Dunham) Nash; 
Grandson of Pelatiah Bliss and Saliy (Towner) Nash; 
Great-grandson of Moses Nash, First Lieutenant Berkshire County 
Massachusetts Militia. 
63— OhI, Rev. John Wallis. 10,688. 

Pueblo, Colorado. 
Son of Josiah Girton and Sarah Ann OhI; 
Grandson of John and Lena (Girton) Ohl; 

Great-grandson of Henry Ohl, Lieutenant Pennsylvania Troops. 
189 — Crr, Tasso Vance. 17,389. 

Chicago, Illinois. 
Son of Andrew Vance and Maria (Cissna) Orr; 
Grandson of Robert M. and Eleanor (Waddle) Cissna; 
Great-grandson of Samuel and Elizabeth (McGarrough) Waddle; 
Great (2) grandson of Joseph McGarrough. Major Westmoreland 
County, Pennsylvania, Rangers. 
145— Padget, Ernest Roy. 13,971. 

1251 Ogden Street, Denver. 
Son of Robert D. S. and Anna Eunice (Conger) Padget; 
Grandson of Omer T. and Elizabeth (Butler) Conger; 
Great-grandson of Enoch and Eunice (Beech) Conger; 
Great (2) grandson of David Conger, private New Jersey Militia. 
176 — Padget, Russell Spray. 17,376. 

1251 Ogden Street, Denver. 
Son of Robert D. S. and Anna Eunice (Conger) Padget; 
Grandson of Omer T. and Elizabeth (Butler) Conger; 
Great-grandson of Enoch and Eunice (Beech) Conger; 
Great (2) grandson of David Conger, private New Jersey Militia. 
52— Page, Warren F. 10,677. 

59 



124- 



Son of Amos and Emeline (Faxon) Page; 
Grandson of Job and Judith B. (Hardwick) Faxon; 
Great-grandson of James Faxon, private Massachusetts 



Militia. 
12,199. 



16,388. 
Colorado. 



Regiment 



Resigned. 
163 — Parsons, Ralph Albert. 

Arvada, 
Son of Charles T. and Lucina (Arnold) Parsons; 
Grandson of Albert and Mary (Hutchins) Parsons; 
Great-grandson of Henry and Anna (Albee) Parsons; 
Great (2) grandson of Jonathan Albee, private Sixth 

Massachusetts Continental Line; 
Great (2) grandson of Josiah Parsons, Lieutenant Massachusetts 
Militia. 
149 — Pearse, Carlton Sherman. 13,975. 

2535 Caithness Place, Denver. 
Son of Sherman Rufus and Sarah (Gardner) Pearse; 
Grandson of Timothy and Harriet (Wilder) Pearse; 
Great-grandson of Richard and Candace (Peck) Pearse; 
Great (2) grandson of Richard and Phoebe (Monroe) Pearse; 
Great (3) grandson of Nathaniel Pearse, Member Rhode Island Co- 
lonial Assembly. 

31— Peck, Oren Henry. 9,506. 

Died April 12, 1903. 
Son of Oren and Eliza ("Williams) Peck; 
Grandson of James Peck, private Massachusetts Militia; 
Grandson of Samuel and Azubah (Crane) Williams; 
Great-grandson of Amariah Crane, sergeant Massachusetts Militia. 

146— Peelor, David Oliver. 13,972. 

502 Twenty-fourth Street, Denver. 
Son of James Harvey and Mary Jane (Pettigrew) Peelor; 
Grandson of Davis and Rachael Adalina (Hunter) Peelor; 
Great-grandson of John and Elizabeth (Mcllvain) Hunter; 
Great (2) grandson of John Mcllvain, Captain of Fourth Battalion, 
York County, Pennsylvania Militia. 

65— Pettingell, J. N. 10,690. 

Hot Sulphur Springs, Colorado. 
Son of E. Warren and Hannah O. Pettingell; 

Grandson of Moses and (Haskell) Pettingell; 

Great-grandson of Caleb Haskell, private Massachusetts Militia. 

107— Phelps, Alfred Chester. 12,182, 

803 Ernest & Cranmer Building, Denver. 
Son of Salmon A. and Hannah Hoy t (Buckley) Phelps; 
Grandson of Joshua and Betsey (Peck) Phelps; 
Great-grandson of Joshua Phelps, private Connecticut Militia. 



78 — Phillips, Ivers. 

Died July 10, 1900. 
Son of Samuel and Sally Phillips; 
Grandson of Seth Phillips, Lieutenant Massachusetts Militia. 



11,278. 



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109— Piatt, William Alexander. 12,184. 

1311 Sherman Avenue, Denver. 
Son of James McClure and Frances E. (Upson) Piatt; 
Grandson of Isaac Watts and Anna (McClure) Piatt; 
Great-grandson of James McClure, Captain Fourth Pennsylvania 
Artillery. 

157 — Plumb, Carton Harvey. 16 382. 

816 Boston Building, Denver. 
Son of Joseph Carton and Elizabeth Foster (Blackmer) Plumb- 
Grandson of Hervey and Elizabeth Adelaide (Hayes) Blackmer- 
Great-grandson of Pliny and Lucretia (Jewett) Hayes; 
Great (2) grandson of Joseph Jewett, Captain Eighth Connecticut 

Regiment; 
Great-grandson of Levi and Hannah (Pitts) Blackmer; 
Great (2) grandson of Peter Pitts, Captain Walker's Massachusetts 

Regiment. 

24 — Rice, Edward Chauncy. 9 249 

c ^ „ . , ^, Cripple Creek, Colorado, 

bon of Remick Chauncy and Caroline Maria (Miller) Rice- 
Grandson of Heber and Electa (Hamlin) Miller; 
Great-grandson of Asa Miller, Lieutenant Massachusetts Militia; 
86 — Rich, Webster Tyler. Il ooc 

Died April 9, 1900. 
Son of Isaiah C. and Addie E. (Tyler) Rich; 
Grandson of Thomas and Deborah (Small) Tyler; 
Great-grandson of Joseph and Phoebe (Fowls) Tyler; 
Great (2) grandson of John and Elizabeth (Thompson) Tyler - 
Great (3) grandson of John Steele Tyler, Major Jackson's Continen- 
tal Regiment. 

114— Richardson, Dr. Daniel Augustus. 12 189 

„ ^ „,. 2200 Williams Street, Denver.' 

Son of Ehas Huntington and Jane Maria (Stevens) Richardson- 
Grandson of Benjamin and Hannah (Roberts) Stevens - 
Great-grandson of Ziha Roberts, private Chase's New' Hampshire 
Regiment. 

132— Ripley, Lieut. Charles Stedman. 5 57I 

a^T, ^f ov, 1 T. X. American City, Apex P. O., Color'adc' 

Son of Charles P. H. and Harriet J. (Ingersoll) Ripley - 
Grandson of James L. and Ruth Leffingwell (Huntington)' Ripley 
Great-grandson of Charles P. and Maria (Perit) Huntington- ' 
Great (2) grandson of Andrew and Hannah (Phelps) Huntington- 
Great (3) grandson of General Jabez Huntington, Major General 
and Commanding Officer of the Troops of Connecticut. 

"r^^S^ 1«'^96. 

167 — Roberts, Earl Oscar. Ig 392 

o . „^.„. , 1134 Downing Avenue, Denver. 

Son of Wilham L. and Nellie M. (Jones) Roberts; 

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Grandson of Charles S. and Plavilla L. (Libbey) Roberts; 
Gi-eat-grandson of Caleb B. and Dorothy (Avery) Libbey; 
Great (2) grandson of Jonathan and Dorothy (Dudley) Avery; 
Great (3) grandson of Trueworthy Dudley, private Scammon's New 

Hampshire Regiment; 
Great (3) grandson of Josiah Avery, private Herrick's Regiment of 

Rangers. 
144— Robinson, Dr. William Kirkwood. 13,970. 

Goldfield, Nevada. 
Son of Robert Kirkwood and Abigail Matilda (Murphy) Robinson; 
Grandson of John A. and Nancy (Clarkson) Murphy; 
Great-grandson of Andrew and Abigail (Laird) Clarkson; 
Great (2) grandson of John and Sarah (Finley) Laird, Lieutenant 

Colonel Eighth Pennsylvania Battalion; 
Great (3) grandson of John Finley, Major Fourth Battalion York 

County Pennsylvania Associators. 
41— Russell, John N., Jr. 9^16. 

Demitted to California Society. 

155— Sabin, Fred Alfred. 16,380. 

La Junta, Colorado. 
Son of Levi and Sophia (Hancock) Sabin; 
Grandson of Lot and Persis (Hubbard) Hancock; 
Great-grandson of Daniel Hubbard, corporal Twenty-third Massa- 
chusetts Regiment. 
100— Scott, Edwin. 6,639. 

1579 Emerson Street, Denver. 
Son of Charles G. and Susan (Spalding) Scott; 
Grandson of Charles Scott, private New Hampshire Militia. 
97— Selden, Stephen L. 11,297. 

Deep River, Connecticut. 
Son of Richard Lynde and Sarah (Loper) Selden; 
Grandson of Richard Ely and Eliza (Lynde) Selden; 
Great-grandson of Richard Ely and Desire (Colt) Selden; 
Great (2) grandson of Samuel Selden, Colonel Fourth Connecticut 
State Troops. 

45 — Skinner, John Calvin. 9,520. 

Ill West Fourth Avenue, Denver. 
Son of Lewis and Julia Ann (Kinney) Skinner; 
Grandson of Calvin and Sally (Billings) Skinner; 
Great-grandson of Calvin Skinner, private Connecticut Militia. 

96 11,296. 

Resigned. 
10— Siocum, Rev. William Frederick, Jr., L.L.D. 9,235. 

Colorado Springs, Colorado. 
Son of AVilliam Frederick and Margaret (Tinker) Siocum; 
Grandson of Oliver Ellsworth and Polly (Mills) Siocum; 
Great-grandson of Cephas Mills, private Massachusetts Troops. 
113— Smith, Harry David. 12,188. 

2416 Sixteenth Street, Denver. 
Son of Eli W. and Isabella (Hudson) Smith; 

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Grandson of David and Delia (Warner) Smith; 
Great-grandson of David Smith, Second Lieutenant Massachusetts 
Militia. 

164— Smith, Harry Edmunds. 16,389. 

2032 Lincoln Avenue, Denver. 
Son of Ovett Newton and Cora E. S. (Leach) Smith; 
Grandson of William Davidson and Alsina (Remington) Smith; 
Great-grandson of Jesse and Clarissa (Eddy) Remington; 
Great (2) grandson of Joshua Remington, private Massachusetts 
and Vermont Troops. 

148— Smith, Ovett Newton. 13,974. 

4614 Bryant Street, Denver. 
Son of William Davidson and Alsina (Remington) Smith; 
Grandson of Jesse and Clarissa (Eddy) Remington; 
Great-grandson of Joshua Remington, private Massachusetts 
and Vermont Troops. 

Ill— Smith, Sidney Fuller. 12,186. 

Demitted to Society at Washington, D. C. 

14 9,239. 

Resigned. 

38 9,513. 

Resigned. 

39— 9,514. 

Resigned. 
37 9,512. 

186— St. Clair, Ashbel King. 17,386. 

150 Grant Avenue, Denver. 
Son of Robert M. and Sallie C. (King) St. Clair; 
Grandson of Walter and Cynthia M. (Holliday) St. Clair; 
Great-grandson of Jesse and Sarah (Hover) Holliday; 
Great (2) grandson of Manuel Hover, Captain New Jersey Militia. 

103— Stearns, John Lloyd. 12,178. 

1671 Logan Avenue, Denver. 
Son of John and Anne Harriote (Lloyd) Stearns; 
Grandson of John and Anne Harriote (Lee) Llyod; 
Great-grandson of Edmund Jennings and Sarah Lee; 
Great (2) grandson of Richard Henry Lee, signer of Declaration of 
Independence, offered Resolution of Independence in Congress, 
July 7, 1776. 

16— Steele, Rev. Wilbur F., D. D. 9,241. 

University Park, Colorado. 
Son of Daniel and Harriet (Binney) Steele; 
Grandson of Perez and Clarissa (Brainerd) Steele; 
Grandson of Amos and Caroline (Wilder) Binney; 

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Great-grandson of Perez Steele, Lexington Alarm, later private and 
prisoner Connecticut Line; 

Great-grandson of Hon. Ezra and Jerusha (Smith) Brainerd, 
Member of Connecticut Legislature, 1777-1782; 

Great-grandson of Spencer and Molly (Jones) Binney, private 
in Independent Company, Hull, Massachusetts; 

Great-grandson of Isaiah and Susa (Leavitt) Wilder, enlisted 
Guardsman at Hingham, Massachusetts; 

Great (2) grandson of Josiah Brainerd, Ensign in Wadsworth's 
Brigade Connecticut Line; 

Great (2) grandson of David Smith, Lieutenant "Wadsworth's Bri- 
gade Connecticut Line; 

Great (2) grandson of Joshua and Deborah (Fearing) Leavitt, 
Selectman in Hingham, Massachusetts, 1777; 

Great (2) grandson of Thomas Jones, private in Independent Com- 
pany, Hull, Massachusetts. 

Great (3) grandson of James Fearing, private in Level's Regiment, 
Hingham, Massachusetts ; 

Great (3) grandson of Solomon Jones, enrolled in Independent Com- 
pany, Hull, Massachusetts. 

The first of these was barely 17; the last about 70. 

92— Stephens, Harold Clifton. 11,292. 

1500 Stout Street, Denver. 
Son of Calvin and Minerva A. (Shew) Stephens; 
Grandson of Aaron and Margaret (Mead) Shew; 
Great-grandson of Jacob Shew, corporal New York Militia. 
8— Stickney, Charles Hinks. 9,233. 

Pueblo, Colorado. 
Son of Thomas Gage and Elizabeth G. (Hinks) Stickney; 
Grandson of Amos and Althea (Soule) Stickney; 
Great-grandson of Thomas Stickney, drummer and private Massa- 
chusetts Militia. 
104— Stickney, Walter C. 12,179. 

308 Opera House Block, Denver. 
Son of William C. and Nancy Ellen (Cobb) Stickney; 
Grandson of Walter Howard and Phebe (Christy) Stickney; 
Great-grandson of John and Rebecca (Barker) Stickney; 
Great (2) grandson of John Stickney, sergeant Massachusetts 
Militia. 
130— Stoddard, Henry Martyn. 13,955. 

Died October 8, 1906. 
Son of Anthony and Elizabeth R. (Taylor) Stoddard; 
Grandson of Amos and Catharine (Talmon) Stoddard; 
Great-grandson of Gideon Stoddard, Member Committee of Inspec- 
tion and Observation of Woodbury, Connecticut. 

131— Stoddard, Volcott Coye. 13,956. 

1218 Logan Avenue, Denver. 
Son of Edward D. and Mary (Cowdrey) Stoddard; 
Grandson of Elijah Woodward and Alathea (Coye) Stoddard; 
Great-grandson of John and Sarah (Woodward) Stoddard; 

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Great (2) grandson of John Stoddard, private Connecticut Militia; 
Great (2) grandson of Archibald Kasson, Major Connecticut Volun- 
teers. 

85— Stubbs, John Crowell. 11,285. 

602 Mack Block, Denver. 
Son of Stephen and Clementine (Tyler) Stubbs; 
Grandson of Thomas and Deborah (Small) Tyler; 
Great-grandson of Joseph and Phoebe (Fowls) Tyler; 
Great (2) grandson of John and Elizabeth (Thompson) Tyler; 
Great (3) grandson of John Steele Tyler, Major Jackson's Continen- 
tal Regiment. 

154— Studebaker, N. Bourelle. 16,379. 

1432 Logan Avenue, Denver. 
Son of Elias Leidey and Anna Louise (Bourelle) Studebaker; 
Grandson of Samuel and Catherine (Leidey) Studebaker; 
Great-grandson of Samuel Leidey, private Hiester's Pennsylvania 
Regiment and Dark's Virginia Regiment. 

95 — Temple, James Sheldon. 11,295. 

2420 Emerson Street, Denver. 
Son of James and Jane Anna (Cooke) Temple; 
Grandson of John and Betsey (Carter) Temple; 
Great-grandson of John Temple, corporal Massachusetts Militia. 

136 — Thompson, Frank Maybre. 13,961. 

Englewood, Colorado. 
Son of Charles Levinus and Amelia H. (Morris) Thompson; 
Grandson of Abijah and Katherine (Lansing) Thompson; 
Great-grandson of Nehemiah Thompson, sergeant Connecticut State 
Troops. 

174— Todd, Dr. James Campbell. 14,064. 

1401 Adams Street, Denver. 
Son of Joe H. Todd, M. D., and Ophelia (Campbell) Todd; 
Grandson of James Campbell and Anna Crane (Robbins) Campbell; 
Great-grandson of John and Elizabeth (Crane) Robbins; 
Great (2) grandson of Josiah Crane, Lieutenant and Captain East- 
ern Battalion New Jersey Militia. 

135— Trowbridge, Henry. 13,960. 

Colorado Springs, Colorado. 
Son of Edwin and Hannah Laurie (Bradford) Trowbridge; 
Grandson of John and Lucretia Goodwin (Davis) Trowbridge; 
Great-grandson of John Trowbridge, drummer in Massachusetts Reg- 
iments; 
Great-grandson of Samuel and Anna (Davis) Davis; 
Great (2) grandson of Robert Davis, Captain Vose's Massachusetts 
Regiment. 

4 — ^Tuttle, Joseph Farrand, Jr. 9,229. 

58 West First Avenue, Denver. 
Son of Joseph Farrand and Susan Caroline (King) Tuttle; 
Grandson of Jacob and Elizabeth (Ward) Tuttle; 
Great-grandson of Joseph and Esther (Parkhurst) Tuttle; 

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Great (2) grandson of Daniel Tuttle, private New Jersey Minute- 
men; 
Grandson of Barnabas and Catherine (Beach) King; 
Great (2) grandson of Enoch Beach, Captain New Jersey Continen- 
tal Line. 

82 11,282. 

Resigned. 
58— Utter, Rev. David. 10,683. 

1557 Logan Avenue, Denver. 
Son of William V. and Elvira (Rogers) Utter; 
Grandson of Samuel and Elizabeth (Irwin) Rogers; 
Great-grandson of Ezekiel Rogers, private Parson's Continental 

Dragoons. 
Great-grandson of Andrew Irwin, private Virginia Troops. 
67— Vaille, Howard T. 10,692. 

429 South Fifteenth Street, Denver. 
Son of Henry Robert and Sarah Wilkinson (Lewis) "Vaille; 
Grandson of Jason and Ruth (Wilkinson) Lewis; 
Great-grandson of David Wilkinson, Matross Third Continental Ar- 
tillery. 

61 5,111. 

Resigned. 

40 9,515. 

Resigned. 

34 9,509. 

Resigned. 

126— Wadsworth, Charles Frederick. 10,240. 

85 Archer Street, Denver 
Son of Moses Goodwin and Mary Elizabeth (Day) Wadsworth; 
Grandson of Daniel and Margaret Frost (Goodwin) Wadsworth; 
Great-grandson of Moses and Hannah (Stevens) Wadsworth; 
Great (2) grandson of John Wadsworth, private Massachusetts 
Militia. 
54— Wadsworth, Harry Elmer. 10.679. 

Lander, Wyoming. 
Son of Moses Goodwin and Mary Elizabeth (Day) Wadsworth; 
Grandson of Daniel and Margaret Frost (Goodwin) Wadsworth; 
Great-grandson of Moses and Hannah (Stevens) Wadsworth; 
Great (2) grandson of John Wadsworth, private Massachusetts 
Militia. 
105— Waldo, Rev. Levi Fay. 12,180. 

Died December 19, 1904. 
Son of Jesse and Mary (Fay) Waldo; 
Grandson of Jesse Waldo, private Connecticut Levies; 
Grandson of Levi and Mary (Prentice) Fay; 

Great-grandson of Joseph Fay. Ensign Third New Hampshire Regi- 
ment. 
23— Weils, Charles H. 9,248. 

1540 Lawrence Street, Denver. 
Son of Benjamin T. and Priscilla (Appleyard) Wells; 

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Grandson of Asa and Marcia (Taylor) Wells; 
Great-grandson of Joshua Wells, private New York Militia. 
175 — Wheeler, Dr. Lester C. 16,400. 

363S Elliott Street, Denver! 
Son of Christopher and Mary Isabel (Bliss) Wheeler; 
Grandson of Cyrus Ransom Bliss; 
Great-grandson of Cyrus Bliss; 
Great (2) grandson of Hannah Nash Bliss; 

Great (3) grandson of Abraham Nash, private Ninth Massachusetts 
Continental Line. 

18 — Whitehead, Charles Benton. 9,243. 

No. 1 Equitable Building, Denver. 
Son of William Riddick and Elizabeth (Benton) Whitehead; 
Grandson of William Boykin and Emmeline Flynn (Riddick) 

Whitehead; 
Great-grandson of Dempsey and Mary (Curtis) Riddick; 
Great (2) grandson of Jason Riddick, Captain Fourth Virginia 
Regiment. 
26 — Whitehead, Frank. 9,501. 

216 Boston Building, Denver. 
Son of William Riddick and Elizabeth (Benton) Whitehead; 
Grandson of William Boykin and Emmeline Flynn (Riddick) 

Whitehead; 
Great-grandson of Dempsey and Mary (Curtis) Riddick; 
Great (2) grandson of Jason Riddick, Captain Fourth Virginia 
Regiment. 

17— Whitehead, William Riddick. 9 242 

Died October 13, 1902. 
Son of William Boykin and Emmeline Flynn (Riddick) Whitehead; 
Grandson of Dempsey and Mary (Curtis) Riddick; 
Great-grandson of Jason Riddick, Captain Fourth Virginia Regi- 
ment. 

127 — Winchester, Josiah. 13 952. 

1530 Sherman Avenue, Denver. 
Son of Josiah and Margaret G. (Sprague) Winchester; 
Grandson of Fitch and Hannah (Fay) Winchester; 
Great-grandson of Herman and Martha (Fay) Fay, Captain Massa- 
chusetts Continental Infantry; 
Great (2) grandson of Josiah Fay, Captain Ward's Massachusetts 
Regiment. 

147 — Wing, Nahum Morrill. 13 973. 

1112 Seventeenth Street, Denver. 

Son of George Curtis and Emily Billings (Thompson) Wing; 

Grandson of Walter Weld and Lucy (Wyman) Wing; 

Great-grandson of William and Lucy PaVkhurst (Warren) Wyman; 

Great (2) grandson ot Moses Warren, private Massachusetts Militia. 
55 — Winne, Peter. 1q q^q 

1625 Downing Avenue, Denver. 
Son of Alexander and Susanna (More) Winne; 
Grandson of Peter F. and Maria (Van Brockland) Winne; 

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Great-grandson of Peter Winne, Captain Albany County, N. Y., 
Militia. 
138— Wright, Abbott Lawrence. 13,963. 

Son of William Parker and Gertrude (Simonson) Wright; 
Grandson of Denis and Ellen (Nevins) Simonson; 
Great-grandson of David and Mary (Addis) Nevins; 
Great (2) grandson of Simon Addis, Captain Middlesex County New 
Jersey Militia. 
62— Wright, Charles Huntington. 10,687. 

342 Lincoln Avenue, Denver. 
Son of William Augustus and Frances Sophia (Huntington) 

Wright; 
Grandson of William and Sarah (Bennett) Wright; 
Great-grandson of David and Polly (Lowell) Wright, Jr., private 

Stark's New Hampshire Regiment; 
Great (2) grandson of David Wright, private Massachusetts Militia; 
Grandson of Benjamin and Caroline (Dolliver) Huntington; 
Great-grandson of Peter Dolliver, Captain Jackson's Regiment Mas- 
sachusetts Line. 
99 11,299. 

Resigned. 
87 — Wynkoop, James Silvester. 11,287. 

Died September 19, 1903. 
Son of Robert Gosman and Caroline Coffin (Wood) Wynkoop; 
Grandson of Peter Silvester and Margaret (Gosman) Wynkoop; 
Great-grandson of John C. and Lydia (Silvester) Wynkoop; 
Great (2) grandson of Cornelius G. Wynkoop, Assistant Commissary 

of Issues, Northern Department of New York. 

150— Wynkoop, Walter D. 13,969. 

223 South Sherman Avenue, Denver. 
Son of James Silvester and Helen M. (De Wolfe) Wynkoop; 
Grandson of Robert Gosman and Caroline Coffin (Wood) Wynkoop; 
Great-grandson of Peter Silvester and Margaret (Gosman) 

Wynkoop; 
Great (2) grandson of John C. and Lydia (Silvester) Wynkoop; 
Great (3) grandson of Cornelius C. Wynkoop, Assistant Commissary 
of Issues, Northern Department of New York. 

191— Yeakel, Charles Frederick. 17,391. 

3847 Zenobia Street, Denver. 
Son of Isaac B. and Maria (Wieand) Yeakel; 
Grandson of Charles Walter and Susan (Krauss) Wieand; 
Great-grandson of David and Susanna (Walter) Wieand; 
Great (2) grandson of Philip Walter, First Lieutenant Upper Mil- 
ford Pennsylvania Militia; 
Great (2) grandson of Wendel Wieand, private and color bearer 
Upper Milford Pennsylvania Militia. 

181— Youngs, Henry. 17,381. 

107 South Fifteenth Street, Denver. 
Son of Oliver and Maria (de Yong) Youngs; 
Grandson of Henry Youngs, private New York Militia. 

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151— Abell, Abel. 

Born September 14, 1757, at Chatham, Connecticut. Died March 14, 
1841, same place. Enlisted in 1777 at Middletown, Connecticut, in 
Captain Warren's Company under command of Colonel Wyllys and 
served three years as private in Third Regiment Connecticut State 
Troops. Was allowed a pension in 1818. 

Abell, Lewis Parker. 
66— Abott, John. 

Born May 19, 1723, at Colchester, Connecticut. Died May 21, 1814, 
at Sempronius, New York. Colonel of New York Regiment, and 
an active patriot during the war. 

Bardwell, Rodney Jewett. 
138 — Addis, Simon. 

Born in New Jersey in 1744. Died in New Jersey in 1835. Served 
three months in 1775 as private and non-commissioned officer in 
Captain Williamson's Company, Second Regiment Middlesex 
County New Jersey Militia. Commissioned Ensign in same com- 
pany, July 24, 1777. Commissioned Captain of the Company, June 
19, 1780; took part in the Battle of Springfield, New Jersey, June 
23, 1780. Was Commissary Officer of the Army in the New Jersey 
Campaign. Discharged in 1783. Fought at Monmouth. 

Wright, Abbott Lawrence. 
163 — Aibee, Jonathan. 

Born in Powisalborough, Maine, 1744. Died in Lexington, Maine, 
1845. Enlisted as private under Major Thompson, Company Eight 
Sixth Regiment Massachusetts, under command of Colonel 
Thomas Nixon; was in continual service from February 1 1777 
to February 1, 1780; participated in Battle of Stillwater'- was 
allowed a pension in 1818 at age of 74. 

Parsons. Ralph Albert. 
53 — Alien, Samuel. 

Born in Rehoboth, Massachusetts, September 10, 1737. Died in same 
place April 7, 1794. Enlisted as private soldier in Captain Salmon 
Whites Company, Colonel Woodbridge's Regiment, August 17 
1777. Discharged August 19, 1777. Enlisted January 1 1778* 
under Captain Joseph Franklin, Colonel John Daggett com- 
naanding. Discharged March 31, 1778, after three months' service 
in Rhode Island. 
Eeezer, Frank Merriam. 
139 — Andrus, David. 

Born in Granby, Connecticut, February 12, 1756. Died February 14 
1849^ Enlisted in the Connecticut Troops in 1776, under Captain 
Reed, in Colonel Butler's Regiment. Re-enlisted January 1 1781 
for the balance of the war in Captain Robertson's Company, Col' 

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onel Herman Swift commanding, Connecticut State Troops. Was 
allowed a pension July 1, 1828, 
Andrus, George K. 

50 — Archer, Zachariah. 

Born in County Down, Ireland, in 1752. Died in Clark County, Illi- 
nois, July 5, 1822. Enlisted as private in 1776 at the age of 24, 
from Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, in Captain William 
Peebles' Company, Second Battalion of Pennsylvania Rifle Regi- 
ment, commanded by Colonel Samuel Mills. This regiment was 
captured in the Battle of Long Island, August 27, 1776. Captain 
Peebles died while a prisoner of war, and his company, after hav- 
ing been released as prisoners of war, was transferred to the 
Pennsylvania State Regiment of Foot, under Captain Matthew 
Scott, Colonel Walter Stewart commanding, subsequently desig- 
nated as the Thirteenth Regiment of the Pennsylvania Line. Par- 
ticipated in Battle of Long Island, August 27, 1776; Trenton, 
December 26, 1776; Brandywine, September 11, 1777. In camp at 
Valley Forge, winter of 1777-1778. Term of service, three years 
and nine months. His widow allowed a pension. 
Anderson. Archer R. 

167 — Avery, Josiah. 

Born Gilmanton, New Hampshire, October 13, 1740. Died Strathan, 
New Hampshire, November 25, 1801. Enlisted September 4, 1778, 
as private in Captain John Warner's Company, Lieutenant Colonel 
Herrick's Regiment of Rangers, Vermont Troops. Discharged 
December 3, 1778. 

Roberts. Earle Oscar. 

76 — Ball, Davis. 

Enlisted as private in Essex County New Jersey Minutemen. Was 
in the Battles of Trenton and Elizabeth, New Jersey. 

Arnold, William A. 
66 — Bardweil, Ebenezer. 

Born in Hatfield, Massachusetts. Enlisted as private in Captain 
Solomon White's Company, in Colonel Woodbridge's Regiment 
Bennington Alarm. Also served in Commissary Department. 

Bardweil. Rodney Jetvett. 
66 — Bardweil, Perez. 

Born at Whately, Massachusetts, August 17, 1738. Died at Whately, 
November, 1797. Appears with rank of Lieutenant in Lexington 
Alarm Roll of Captain Israel Chapin's Company, Colonel John 
Fellow's Regiment, which marched April 20, 1775, in the alarm 
of April 19, 1775. Length of service seven days. Commissioned 
as Lieutenant in same company at Roxbury Camp, May 31, 1775. 
Appears on Muster Roll, October 8, 1775, at Whately, Mass. 

Bardweil. Rodney Jewett. 
66 — Bardweil, Silas. 

Of Whately, Massachusetts. Served three years in Continental 
Army. 

Bardivell. Rodney Jewett. 
79 — Barton, Titus Theodore. 

Born in Granby, Massachusetts, February 17, 1766. Died in Illinois, 

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in 1827. Enlisted at age of 14 in Captain Oliver Coney's Company, 
Colonel Sears' Regiment, in 1777, Massachusetts Troops, and 
served during entire war. Participated in several battles and 
came near losing his life by starvation. At one time while on 
guard duty was badly wounded by the enemy, but continued at 
his post rather than report and be relieved. Graduated at Dart- 
mouth in 1790, and passed most of his life in the ministry. 
Hardy. Solomon B. 
4 — Beach, Enoch. 

Commissioned as Captain in the Third Regiment, New Jersey 

Troops. Was at Battle of Springfield, New Jersey. 
Tuttle, Joseph Farrand, Jr. 
188 — Beard, Andrew. 

Born at Milford, Connecticut, March 29, 1752. Died in the same 
place, January 3, 1838. Served two months in 1776 as private in 
Captain Benjamin Peek's Company, under Colonel Thompson, 
Connecticut Troops. Served one year and six months, 1777-1778! 
in Captain Benjamin Hine's Company, Guard of Milford Foot, 
Milford, Connecticut. Pensioned. 
Beard, Andrew Allen. 
16 — Binney, Spencer. 

Member of the Independent Company of Hull, Massachusetts, March 

1, 1777. 
Steele, Wilbur F. 
190 — Bogue, Samuel Cook. 

Private Hooker's Connecticut Militia. 
Bogue. Warren Curtis. 
168— Boltwood, John. 

Private in Massachusetts Troops. 
Boltwood, Ransom Harvey. 
36— Bouton, William. 

Born at Norwalk, Connecticut, January 16, 1749. Died in the same 
place May 30, 1828. Served as sergeant in Coast Guards of 
Connecticut. 
Bouton, Edwin Davis. 
187— Bradley, Abraham. 

Enlisted August 8, 1781, as a private in Captain Parrington's Com- 
pany of Freyburg, Massachusetts. Discharged same date. En- 
listed September 6, 1781, and marched to protect frontier at 
Androscoggin River. Discharged September 13, 1781. 
Hall, W. Harmon. 
42 — Bragdon, Samuel. 

Born at York, Province of Maine, August 3, 1762. Died at Richland, 
New York, November 22, 1852. Enlisted as private in Massachu- 
setts Troops in 1780, for three years; transferred to artillery 
Was under General Knox at West Point during the treachery of 
Arnold, and the arrest and execution of Major Andre Was dis- 
charged by General Washington at close of war in 1783 and in- 
trusted with important and confidential business 
Bragdon, George E. 

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16 — Brainerd, Ezra. 

Deacon and the Honorable Ezra Brainerd of Haddam, after the 
age of thirty-three, was a member of the Legislature of Con- 
necticut for most of the time for forty years, including the 
Revolutionary years of 1777, 1779, 1780 and 1782. 

Steele, Wilbur F. 

16 — Brainerd, Josiah. 

At the age of sixty-five he was Ensign of the First Company, Col- 
onel Selden's Regiment, Wadsworth's Brigade. "Battalion raised 
in June, 1776, to reinforce Washington in New York. Caught 
in retreat and panic of September 15, when the city was aban- 
doned. Term expired December 25, 1776." 

Steele, Wilbur F. 

121— 165— 166— 195— Campbell, Robert. 

Served as private in New York Miscellaneous Organization under 
Colonel Cornelius D. Wynkoope. 

Guyer, Clarkson Neivbery. 

Guyer, Fred Newman. 

Guyer, Hugh Peoples. 

G^iyer, Clarkson J. 
133— Chew, Samuel (2nd). 

First Lieutenant Battalion Flying Camp. Later Captain Third 
Maryland. 

Chew. Edivard Reynolds. 

177 — Chute, James. 

Born at Newbury, Massachusetts, May 6, 1722. Died in the same 
place January 6, 1805. Marched to Lexington April 19, 1795. Was 
one of Committee of Sixteen chosen December 29, 1772, to deter- 
mine what action should be taken to protect the rights and privi- 
leges granted by the Charter of the Province. Was representative 
of Newbury at Great and General Assembly at Watertown in May, 
1776, and in August, 1776. 
Camvbcll. John Milton. 

171— Cole, John. 

Born in New Jersey in 1752. Died at Hunterdon, New Jersey, Sep- 
tember 25, 1840. Private in Captain Daniel Vliet's Company, 
Second Regiment Hunterdon County New Jersey Militia, Colonel 
Joseph Beaver, during winter of 1775-76. Served one month as 
private in Captain John Pittinger's Company, First Regiment New 
Jersey Militia. Total militia service, four months. Served as 
teamster in Wagon-master General's Department New Jersey 
Militia, three years and six months. 

Henderson. John Robert. 
35 — Coe. Thomas. 

Born in Madison, Connecticut, 1759. Died in Madison, Connecticut, 
July 7, 1827. Was a member of Captain Daniel Hand's Company 
in Colonel Talcott's Regiment, 1776, and a member of Captain 
Bezaleel Bristol's Company in Colonel Newberry's Regiment of 
Militia in the service of the State at Fishkill, 1777. 

KirtJand, John H. 

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145 — 176 — Conger, David. 

Born in Morris County, New Jersey. Served as a Militiaman in the 
Morris County New Jersey Militia. 

Padget, Ernest Roy. 

Padget, Russell Spray. 
108 — Corliss, Joshua. 

Private in Haverhill, Massachusetts Company of Minutemen. 

Corliss, General Augustus W. 

31 — Crane, Amariali. 

Born in Canton, Massachusetts, March 18, 1731. Died in Canton, 
Massachusetts, July 14, 1823. Served as sergeant of Minutemen 
at Lexington on the alarm of April 19, 1775. Also assisted in 
building forts at Dorchester Heights. 

Peck, Oren Henry. 

174 — Crane, Josiali. 

Born in New Jersey, June 25, 1745. Died at Middletown, New York, 
July 14, 1822. Served as Lieutenant in Captain Isaac Halsey's 
Company in Eastern Battalion Morris County New Jersey Militia, 
August and September, 1776, as a Captain of same Company dur- 
ing remainder of the war. 
Todd. Dr. James C. 

44 — Darling, Benjamin. 

Died in Lunenburg, 1782. 

Corporal in Captain George Kimball's company which marched on 
the Lexington Alarm, April 19, 1775, from Lunenburg; service 
eleven days. Private in Captain Jonathan Sibley's company. 
Colonel Luke Drury's regiment; enlisted July 29, 17sl; discharged 
November 10, 1781; three months and twenty-three days' service. 

Morse, Willard Samuel. 

Morse, Calvin Henry. 

Morse, George Goodell. 

Morse, Bradish Phillius. 

135 — Davis, Robert. 

Born in Boston, Mass., January 24, 1747. Died in Boston, Mass 
November 8, 1798. 

One of the Boston "Tea Party," December 16, 1773; took part in 
the siege of Boston and expulsion of British fleet from Boston 
Harbor; a "Son of Liberty." First Lieutenant, First Massachu- 
setts Regiment, Colonel Joseph Vose, January 1, 1777- Captain 
November 4, 1777; April, 1779. At Valley Forge, 1777;' at Rhode 
Island, 1778-79. 

Trowbridge, Henry. 

193 — De La Vergne, Benjamin. 

Born in Washington Hollow, New York, August 12, 1743. Died in 
Dutchess County, New York, January 25, 1830. Captain of the 
Seventh Company, Sixth Regiment Dutchess County New York 
Mihtia (from Charlotte Precinct) under Colonel David Suther- 
land. Afterwards served as Major of the Fourth Regiment Dutch- 
ess County New York Militia. Was a member of the Third Pro- 

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vincial Congress from May 18 to June 30, 1776. Term of service 

about seven years. 
De La Vergne, James Augustus. 
121— 165— 166— 195— Dickinson, Daniel. 

Born in Old Hartford, Connecticut, September 14, 1739. Died in 

Stillwater, New York, November 17, 1812. Major of Albany 

County, New York Militia, Thirteenth Regiment. Commissioned 

October 20, 1775, Colonel John McCrea. 
Guyer, Clarkson Newbery. 
Guyer, Fred Newman. 
Guyer, Hugh Peoples. 
Guyer, Clarkson J. 

6 — 20 — Dodge, Abraham. 

Born in Wenham, Massachusetts, July 5, 1761. Died in New- 
buryport, Massachusetts, October 12, 1848. Was a musican in 
army, stationed at West Point and served in the detachment 
under Major Arnold, in Newbury, Massachusetts. 

Dodge, Horace T. 

Dodge, Charles Flanders. 

115— 116— Dodge, Caleb. 

Born in Boston, Massachusetts, December 14, 1726. Private in Cap- 
tain Cook's Company, Massachusetts State Troops, in 1777. 
Dodge, Horace Oscar. 
Dodge, Horace Colhurn. 

62— Dol liver, Peter. 

Captain, Jackson's Regiment Massachusetts Line. 

Wright, Charles Huntington. 

1 — Doten, Ephraim. 

Born in Plympton, Massachusetts, March 3, 1758. In Captain John 
Bradford's Company, Colonel Theophilus Cotten's Regiment. En- 
listed May 3, 1775. Service one month and two days. In Captain 
Jesse Sturtevant's Company of Plymouth County Regiment and 
Captain Cogswell's Company, Colonel Wessin's Regiment. Enlisted 
June, 1777, for three years. Pensioned. 
Kelly, Edward Lowell. 

3 — Downs, Nathaniel. 

Born in West Haven, Conn., 1731. Died in West Haven, Conn. 

Enlisted February — ; discharged 1779: re-enlisted April 30, 1780, 
as private in Captain Phineas Bradley's company of Artillery 
Guards in Connecticut service; discharged January 1, 1781. 
Private in Captain Van Deusen's company of State Guards, etc., 
February 21, 1781; discharged August 1, 1781. 

Cannon, George Lyman, Jr. 
167 — Dudley, Trueworthy. 

Born in Exeter, N. H. Died in service in 1778. 

Enlisted under Captain Norris from Exeter, N. H., in 1777 for three 
years; transferred about April 2, 1777, to Captain Gray's company. 
Colonel Scammon's regiment. New Hampshire Militia. 

Roberts, Earle Oscar. 

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153 — Duncan, John. 

Born in Londonderry, New Hampshire, March 29, 1752. Died in 
service in 1777. At the Lexington Alarm. Private in Captain 
Bellows' Company, which assisted in intercepting General Bur- 
goyne's Army in New York State. Private in Captain Samuel 
Wetherbee's Company, Colonel Isaac Wyman's Regiment, must- 
ered by Elijah Grant August 20, 1776. Sergeant in Captain Sam- 
uel Canfield's Company, Colonel Benjamin Bellows' Regiment, 
which re-enforced the Northern Continental Army under General 
Gates, September, 1777. 
Gaskill, Herbert Duncan. 

152 — Everett, Josiah, Jr. 

Born in Dedham, Massachusetts, March 18, 1760. Died in New 
Portland, Maine, March 16, 1848. Enlisted (1st) nine months. 
Captain Samuel Brewer's Company, Colonel Brewer's Regiment 
Massachusetts. (2d) nine months, 1780, Captain Thomas Prich- 
ard's Company, Colonel Gratius' Regiment Massachusetts. (3d) 
June, 1781, Captain Mott's Company, Colonel Lank's Regiment, 
Massachusetts. 

Edwards, Ernest Gardner. 
127 — Fay, Herman. 

Was at Lexington April 19, 1775. In the Battle of Bunker Hill. 

Captain in Ward's Massachusetts Regiment from May 1 to Decem- 
ber 1, 1775. Captain in the First Continental Infantry. 

Winchester, Josiah. 

105 — Fay, Joseph. 

Born in Westboro, Massachusetts, September 27, 1738. Died in Al- 
bany Hospital, November 2, 1777. Private in the Third New 
Hampshire Regiment. Sergeant in Captain Jason Wait's Com- 
pany, Colonel Bedel's Regiment, February, 1776. Ensign in Cap- 
tain John Gregg's Company of the Third New Hampshire Regi- 
ment from November 8, 1776, until his death. At the Battle of 
Bemis' Heights, he was wounded in the thigh. An amputation of 
the leg followed from the effects of which he died. 

Waldo, Levi Fay. 
127 — Fay, Josiah. 

Born in Southboro, Massachusetts. Died in Southboro, Massachu- 
setts. Captain of Southboro Massachusetts Minutemen and 
marched at Lexington Alarm. 

Wi7ichester, Josiah. 
52 — Faxon, James. 

Born in Braintree, Mass., October 6, 1744. Died October 5, 1829. 

Served in Captain Moses French's company. Colonel Palmer's regi- 
ment, which assembled at Braintree, March 4, 1776. He was also 
in the company of Hon. Thomas Gushing for the defense of 
Castle and Governor's Islands from Julv 26, 1783, to January 24, 
1784. 

Page, Warren F. 
16 — Fearing, James. 

At the age of sixty-three he joined his neighbors as a Minuteman, 

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as is evidenced by the following entry: "James Fearing, pri- 
vate. Captain Peter Cushiug's (Second Hingliam) Company, 
Colonel Solomon Level's Regiment; service two days; company 
assembled at Hingham, March 15, 1776, to guard the shore." 
Steele, Wilbur F. 

144 — Finley, John. 

Born in County Armagh, Ireland, 1726. Died in Chanceford, York 
County, Pennsylvania, August 5, 1783. Major of the Fourth Bat- 
talion, York County Associators, in 1775. Was transferred to 
Continental Line August 27, 1775. First Lieutenant, October 22, 
1777 and ti'ansferred to the Fifth Pennsylvania, January 17, 1781. 
January 1, 1783, Captain of the Eighth Pennsylvania, ranking 
from October 22, 1777. Was transferred to the Fifth Pennsyl- 
vania, January 17, 1783. Was buried with military honors. 
Robinson, William Kirkwood. 

47 — Follett, Frederick. 

Born in Connecticut March 10, 1761. Died in New York state 
May, 1804. 

Served in Captain Durkee's Company, Wyoming; also in Captain 
Spaulding's Independent Company. Acted as private and Lieu- 
tenant. 

Follett, Benjamin F. 

59 — French, Noah. 

Born 1754. Died Hannon, N. Y. 

Enlisted at Morristown, N. J., and served as private and express 
rider in the New Jersey troops for two years. A part of the 
time he served under Captain Dunn and Colonel Ludlum. Pen- 
sioned. 

Locke, Charles Earle. 

60 — Gage, Benjamin. 

Born in Pelham, N. H., August 10, 1740. Died in Pelham, N. H., 
December 15, 1820. 

Was mustered in the company of Captain Amos Gage, who marched 
from Pelham September 29, 1777, to join the army at Saratoga. 
He went as far as Northfield, Vt., where he was discharged. He 
was also mustered for two months' service at Portsmouth, Sep- 
tember 27, 1779. 

Kelly, Herbert Lawrence. 

182 — Goodhue, Josiah. 

Born in Ipswich, Mass., (probably) 1728. Died in Poultney, Ver- 
mont, November 14, 1797. 

Enlisted as private July 20. 1780, and served six months in Captain 
Samuel Runnel's company of foot New Hampshire state troops 
stationed on western frontier under command of Major Whit- 
comb. 

Milligan, Edward William' 

123— Graff, Jacob. 

Born in Schohacie, N. Y. Never returned from war. 

Private New York Levies and Militia, Third Battalion (Mohawk), 

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Colonel Frederick Fisher, June 25, 1778. Captain John Fisher's 
company. 
Fanning, James D. 

81— 46— Hale, David. 

Served as a private in the Rhode Island campaign under Captain 
Daniel Emerson and Colonel Moses Nichols, August 6 to 28, 1778. 
Hale, Irving. 
McFarlane, Frank Belford. 

81— 46— Hale, John. 

Born in Bradford, N. H., October 24, 1731. Died in Hollis, N. H., 
October 22, 1791. 

Was Colonel of the Fifth Regiment of New Hampshire Militia. 
From this position he was appointed Surgeon of the First New 
Hampshire Regulars and served from April 2, 1777, to January 11, 
1780; took part as a volunteer in the Battle of Bunker Hill. 

Hale, Irving. 

McFarlane, Frank Belford. 
9— Hall, Richard. 

Born in 1748. 

Lieutenant under Captain Jacob Low's Company of Engineers, 
Colonel Baldwin's regiment, Massachusetts Militia. Nine 
months' service. Pensioned. 

Moulton, Arthur C. 

183 — Harsha, George. 

Member of the army that opposed Burgoyne on his way to Albany. 
The Battle of Saratoga was partly fought on his farm, and the 
dead were buried there. 
Harsha, William J. 
65— Haskell, Caleb. 

Born in Newburyport, Mass., 1754. 

Private under Captain Lunt and Colonel Little, Massachusetts 
Militia. At one time at Quebec and in several battles. Pensioned. 
Pettingell, J. N. 

57 — 184 — Hersey, Jonathan. 

Born in Hingham, Massachusetts, October 28, 1742. Died in Rox- 
bury, Massachusetts, 1828. Private in Captain Jonathan Loring's 
Company, Colonel Graton's Regiment, at Lexington Alarm. 
Marched to New York, went up the Hudson to Albany and 
reached Montreal May 21st, but were driven out of Canada. 
Sergeant in Captain Moses French's Company, Colonel Robin- 
son's Regiment; service in Rhode Island. Corporal in Captain 
Storr's Independent Company in service at Hull, March 1, 1777. 
Private in Captain Thomas Cushing's Company at Castle and 
Governor's Island. 

Hersey, Henry Johnson. 

Hersey, George Millhank. 
134— Hewitt, Robert. 

Born 1760? Died November 5, 1829. In January, 1776, he enlisted 
at Stonington, Connecticut, and served one year as private under 
Captain Chapman and Colonel Parsons. In June, 1780, he en- 

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listed a second time and served six months as private under Cap- 
tain Reed and Colonel Starr. In March, 1781, he enlisted a third 
time and served for one year as private under Captain Miles and 
Colonel Waterbury. Is said to have been serving as a substitute 
in Colonel Lattimer's Regiment at the Surrender. 
Hewitt, George Washington. 

162— Hills, Medad. 

Born in Durham, Connecticut, April 22, 1729. Died April 9, 1808. 
Lieutenant Colonel Seventeenth Regiment Connecticut Militia, 
May, 1777. Resigned 1779. 
Hills, Eben Miles. 

21 — Hinckley, Jared. 

Enlisted in the Third Battalion, Wadsworth's Brigade, under Col- 
onel Sage, Captain Clinton's (1st) Company for the defense of 
New York and Long Island. Was at White Plains. Time expired 
December 25, 1776. Enlisted June, 1776, in Fourth Regiment 
Connecticut Line, Fitch's Company. Enlisted April 16, 1777. 
Discharged June 1, 1779. Was at Germantown, Fort Mifflin, Val- 
ley Forge and other places. 

Hyde, Ammi B. 

43— Hobart, Adam. 

Born Braintree, Massachusetts, June 9, 1743. Died in the same 
place. Served as sergeant in Captain John Vinton's Company 
(Grenadiers) Colonel Benjamin Lincoln's Regiment, April, 1775. 
Also served with same rank in Captain Moses French's Company 
under Colonels Jonathan Bass and Joseph Palmer, 1776. 

Hobart, Robert D. 

94 — Hodge, Benjamin. 

Born in Glastonbury, Connecticut, February 1, 1753. Died in Buf- 
falo, New York, February 23, 1837. Enlisted in 1775 as a private 
in Captain Hale's Company, Colonel Erastus Wolcott's Regiment, 
in answer to a special call for troops made by General George 
Washington. Was stationed for a time at a point on Lake George. 
As a result of hardships endured, was taken sick and the follow- 
ing year sent home. In 1777 he went to sea and the vessel on 
which he served was captured by the British. 

Jones. Leonard C. 

129— Holbrook, Silas. 

Born at Sturbridge, Massachusetts, March 18, 1757. Died in Pompey, 
New York, March 22, 1835. Served as private in Captain Amos 
Wallbridge's Company, Colonel David Brewer, August, 1775. 
Served again in the same Company and Regiment, October, 1775. 
Family tradition recites that he was a surgeon in the army. 

Holbrook., John T. 
194 — Houghton, Darius. 

Was a private in Captain John Fuller's Company, Colonel Asa Whit- 
comb's Regiment of Bolton, Massachusetts. Enlisted April 25, 
1775, and served three months. 

Houghton, John H. 

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68— 106— 186— Hover, Manuel. 

Born in 1748. Died in Newton, Ohio, August 9, 1824. Acted on the 
Committee of Safety representing the town of Wallpack, New Jer- 
sey, in the summer of 1775. He was Captain of a company in the 
Third Battalion, Sussex County New Jersey Militia, and was 
afterwards promoted to Captain in the Second Battalion. His 
duties were to protect the frontier from Indian incursions and to 
assist General Washington in his New Jersey campaigns. 

Hover, Charles L. 

Hover, William U. 

8t. Clair, Ashbel King. 
22— 30— Howell, Philip. 

Born in Bridgehampton, New York, March 29, 1737. Died in 
Bridgehampton, New York, April 2, 1823. Was Second Lieutenant 
of the Ninth Company of the Second Battalion, organized in 
Suffolk County, New York. His commission was issued September 
13, 1775. 

Herrick, Selden F. 

Ludloiv, George F. 

155 — Hubbard, Daniel. 

Born in Leicester, Massachusetts, April 27, 1753. Died in Walling- 
ford, Vermont, January 30, 1834. Was one of the minutemen 
at Lexington, and served in Captain Seth Washburn's Company, 
Colonel Ward's Regiment; service seven days. Enlisted April 
26, 1775, as corporal in same company and regiment; service 
three months and twelve days. August 21, 1777, served eleven 
days in Colonel Sparhawk's Regiment at Bennington. Fought at 
Bunker Hill. Pensioned. 

Sabin, Fred Alfred. 

132 — Huntington, Jabez. 

Born in Noi'wich, Connecticut, August 7, 1719. Died in Norwich, 
Connecticut, October 5, 1786. Was a most active member of the 
Committee of Safety during the War. In the September session 
of the Assembly for the year 1776 he was appointed one of the 
two Major Generals for the State Troops, and on the death of his 
associate. Major General David Wooster in April of the next 
year, he was appointed the Commander of all the Troops of 
Connecticut. 
Ripley, Charles S. 

58 — Irvin, Andrew. 

Born in Virginia. Served as a private soldier during the Revolu- 
tion, enlisting from Bedford County, Virginia. 
Utter, David. 

157 — Jewett, Joseph. 

Captain of the Eighth Connecticut Regiment, July 6 to December 
10, 1775. Later Captain of the Seventeenth Continental Infan- 
try. Was severely wounded and taken prisoner on Long Island, 
August 27, 1776, and died a prisoner of war at Flatbush, Long 
Island, August 29, 1776. 
Plumb, Carton Harvey. 

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73 — Jones, Elisha. 

Born in Concord, Massachusetts, May 23, 1744. Was a private in 
Captain Joseph Hosmer's Company of Colonel Eleazer Brooks' 
Regiment, April 19, 1775, and took part in the battle at the 
Bridge. Was shot in his own doorway by the retreating British. 
Was Second Lieutenant in the same company March 17, 1778, at 
Roxbury, and Dorchester Heights. Was First Lieutenant of 
Captain Samuel Jones' Company, Colonel Francis Faulkner's 
Regiment, June 16, 1779. 

Jones, James A. 

16 — Jones, Solomon. 

The official records of Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the 
War of the Revolution contain this entry: "Solomon Jones, 
Captain Thayer's (Independent) Company; muster return of 
four Independent Companies stationed at Hull dated March 1, 
1777, and returned as mustered by Daniel Souther, Muster 
Master; said Jones reported as having failed to pass muster." 
As his first child was born in 1726, and he himself was born at 
least as early as 1707, his failing to pass muster was doubtless 
because he was past seventy. His son Thomas of forty was 
there (see) and Spencer Binney of nineteen (see) who after- 
ward married his granddaughter, making three generations 
standing side by side for the fight. 

Steele, WWbur F. 

16 — Jones, Thomas. 

"Thomas Jones, Hull, Captain Thayer's (Independent) Company. 
Muster returns of four Independent Companies stationed at Hull 
dated March 1, 1777; age forty years; residence Hull; mustered 
by Daniel Souther, Muster Master." Became the father-in-law 
of Spencer Binney, who stood beside him that day. 

Steele, Wilbur F. 

69 — 70 — Johnson, Samuel. 

Enlisted as private at Wellington, Tolland County, Connecticut, 

for the relief of Boston in the Lexington Alarm, April, 1775. 

Pensioned. 
Johnson, Herbert Earl. 
Johnson, Robert Cushman. 

131 — Kasson, Archibald. 

Was a Major in a Company of Volunteers at the beginning of the 
war. The same year he was appointed a Colonel and held that 
office during the war. He was frequently called with his Regi- 
ment to guard the shore and was present when General Lafayette 
assisted General Sullivan in bringing the troops from off Long 
Island. At the close of the war he received a Brigadier General's 
commission. He died in Granby, Connecticut, in 1816. 

Stoddard, Volcott Coye. 

53 — Keezer, David. 

Born in Germany, 1755. Died in St. Davids, N. B., 1815. 
Was a private in the Seventh Company, Third New Hampshire 
Regiment, which company was commanded first by Captain 

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Benjamin Stone and second by Captain McGregore. He served 
one year from July 7, 1779. 
Keezer, Frank, Merriam. 

1 — Kelly, Timothy. 

Born December 12, 1761. Died in Hill, New Hampshire, February 
19, 1845. Served as a private in the Continental Army. His first 
enlistment was at the age of fifteen. His terms of service were 
as follows: August, 1777, three months and fifteen days under 
Captain Russell and Colonel Bullard; February, 1778, three 
months and fifteen days under Captain Farmer and Colonel Ger- 
rish; June, 1778, six months and fifteen days under Captain 
Miner and Colonel Wade; August, 1780, three months and fifteen 
days under Captain Varnum and Colonel Jackson; September, 
1782, six weeks under Captains Whittier and Jenkins and Colonel 
Gerrish. He participated in the Battles of Stillwater and Sara- 
toga. Pensioned. 
Kelly, Edward Lowell. 

118— Kent, Jacob. 

Born 1756. Died in Caldwell, N. J., June 3. 1841. 

Served as a private in Captain Peter Dickerson's company of 
Dayton's New Jersey Battalion. He enlisted February 27, 1776; 
re-enlisted January 20, 1777, to serve during the war; was trans- 
ferred to the Third New Jersey Regiment; was appointed 
Corporal January 28, 1777, and Sergeant February 21, 1778, and 
was discharged February 9, 1780. 

Hunt, Levi. 

51 — King, Joshua. 

Born in Braintree, Mass., November 24, 1758. 

Died in Ridgefield, Conn., August 13, 1839. 

Entered the Continental Army at the age of 17 years near Bos- 
ton during the investment of that city. Rose in early man- 
hood to the rank of Lieutenant in the Connecticut Line, attached 
to Shelden's Brigade of Light Dragoons under Colonel Shelden, 
Lieutenant Colonel Jameson and Major Tallmadge, and was 
mainly employed in guarding the American lines in Westchester 
County, New York, on the historic "Neutral Ground." 

While stationed at Lower Salem, now Lewisboro, New York, on 
September 24, 1780, Major Andre was delivered into the custody 
of Lieutenant King, who remained with him through all the 
incidents which culminated with the execution of Major Andre. 

Lieutenant King continued in service until the close of the war, 
and was afterward, for meritorious service, brevetted a Colonel 
of the Continental Army. 

McHarg, Charles King. 

144 — Laird, John C. 

Captain Cumberland York County Pennsylvania Militia, April 5, 

1778, and Lieutenant Colonel of Eighth Battalion, June 10, 1779. 

At Wilmington, Delaware, September 8, 1777, he commanded 

Fifth Company of Thompson's Battalion. 
RoMnson, Wm. K. 

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187— Law, David. 

Private in Captain Key's company. Major Bachus regiment, Con- 
necticut Light Horse. 
Enlisted September 8, 1776, and discharged November 2, 1776. 
Hall, W. Harmon. 

IG — Leavitt, Joshua. 

At forty-two he was one of the Selectmen of Hingham, Mass., 
serving during 1775-7. For the defence of the town he joined 
in such orders as the following: 

"Hingham, August 1, 1777. 
"Sir: — Please to deliver to Mr. Israel Beal, the bearer hereof, 
250 weight of powder, 50 weight Musquet Ball, and 500 flints 
for the use of the Town of Hingham, & you'll oblige yours. 

BENJ. CUSHING, 
JOSHUA LEAVITT, 
JOSEPH ANDREWS, 

Selectmen of Hingham. 
To the Commissary General at Watertown." 
Steele, Wilbur F. 

103 — Lee, Richard Henry. 

Born in Stratford, Virginia, January 20, 1732. Died in Chantilly, 
Virginia, June 19, 1794. Was an active and energetic member 
of many of the leading committees of the First Continental Con- 
gress. From his pen emanated the memorial of Congress to the 
people. Being a member of the next Congress he wrote their 
address to the people of Great Britain. As chairman of the com- 
mittee, he drew up the instructions of Congress to General 
Washington, upon assuming command of the Army. His most 
important and distinguished service was rendered June 7, 1776, 
when in accordance with the instructions of the Virginia Con- 
vention, and at the request of his colleagues he proposed the res- 
olution for the independence of the colonies. He was a Signer of 
the Declaration of Independence. 

Stearns, John Lloyd. 

154 — Leidey, Samuel. 

Born in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, 1757. Died in 
1842. Enlisted as a private in Colonel Heister's Regiment of 
Pennsylvania Troops. Later enlisted from Virginia and served 
under Captain Mclntire in Colonel Dark's Virginia Regiment. 
Saw four years' service. Family tradition states that he served 
two years under the direct command of General Washington and 
participated in a number of battles. Pensioned. 

Studebaker, N. Bourelle. 

137 — 156 — 143 — Leiper, James. 

Born in Ireland, 1748. Died in Pennsylvania, March 13, 1814. 

Served in a private capacity as a Ranger on the Frontier. 
Leiper, John H. 
Leiper, Robert A. 
Leiper, Harper. 

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169 — Lincoln, Michael. 

Born in Berks County, Pennsylvania, November 9, 1761. Died in 
Union County, Pennsylvania, August 11, 1849. Served four 
months in the spring of 1778 under Captain Shaeffer, and in the 
following year served six months as a private under Captain 
John Morrison and General Sullivan in their expedition up the 
Susquehanna River at the time of the Wyoming Massacre. He 
engaged in the Battle of New Town, and was at Fort Freeland 
when Captain Crady was killed, whose body he carried to the 
Fort. 

Lincoln, Rufus Van BosJcirk. 

170— Littlefield, Daniel. 

Born in Wells, Maine. Died in service July 25, 1779. Was an offi- 
cer in Colonel Isaac Smith's Regiment, March 13, 1776. Captain 
in Second Company, Colonel Ebenezer Sayer's (First York 
County) Regiment of Massachusetts Militia, June 25, 1776. Cap- 
tain in Colonel John Frost's Regiment, December 24, 1776. 
Chosen Major of the First York County Regiment, June 10, 1778. 
Major in command of a detachment sent in July, 1779, to meet a 
British fleet which had entered the Penobscot River. Was killed 
while on this expedition July 25, 1779. 
Moulton, Lester Jewett. 

98 — Locke, Josiah. 

Born in Westboro, Massachusetts, February 6, 1735. Died in Lit- 
tlefield, New York, April 18, 1819. Was a Captain in the Mas- 
sachusetts Militia. Soon after the Battle of Lexington he 
marched with his Company to Roxbury, Massachusetts, where he 
remained in camp for some time. 

Locke, Edgar R. 

152 — Lombard, Calvin. 

Was a member of Colonel Phinney's Regiment of Massachusetts 

Troops. 
Edwards, Ernest Gardner. 

122— Long, William. 

Was a Captain in the Fourth Company, Eighth Battalion, Cumber- 
land County Associators, October 23, 1777. 
Long, Samuel Allen. 

74 — McClellan, Joseph. 

Born in Pennsylvania, April 28, 1747. Died in Pennsylvania, Octo- 
ber 13, 1834. Was appointed Lieutenant of a Company of Muske- 
teers, commanded by Abraham Marshall and July 15, 1776, was 
appointed a Captain in the Battalion commanded by Colonel 
Samuel Atlee. He was then transferred to the Ninth Regiment 
of the Pennsylvania Line to serve during the war, in which sit- 
uation he continued until March 22, 1781, when, in consequence 
of the reduction of the Pennsylvania Line to six regiments, he 
was transferred to the Second Regiment, commanded by Colonel 
Walter Stewart. He saw service in New York, New Jersey, 

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Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia. Was in the Battles of 
Long Island, Brandywine and Monmouth. 
Bell, William Hemphill, Jr. 

109 — McClure, James. 

Was commissioned in June, 1776, as an oflBcer in Lamb's Artillery 
Regiment (second). His name is given in the return of March 
15, 1778. He was promoted to be Captain in the Fourth Pennsyl- 
vania Artillery, April 19, 1781, and retired January 1, 1783. 
Service in action: Bound Brook, April 13, 1777; Brandywine; 
Chad's Ford; Germantown, October 4, 1777; Monmouth; Sulli- 
van's Campaign, 1779. 

Piatt, William Alexander. 
189 — McGarraugh, Joseph. 

Major Westmoreland County Pennsylvania Rangers. On the 
frontier, 1778 to 1783. 

Orr, Tasso Vance. 
121— 165— 166— 199— MacGuyer, Luke. 

Enlisted in Dutchess County, New York, and a pension was allowed 
his widow for fifteen months' actual service. Part of this service 
was in the position of sergeant major under Captain Herrick 
and Colonel Holmes. 

Guyer, Clarkson J. 

Guyer, Clarkson Newhery. 

Guyer, Fred Newman. 

Guyer, Hugh Peoples. 
146 — Mcllvain, John. 

Born in York County, Pennsylvania, November 20, 1742. Died in 
Adams County, Pennsylvania, August 25, 1833. Served as a 
private soldier from July, 1776, until after the Battle of Prince- 
ton. Was in the Battle of Long Island, August 27, 1776, and 
White Plains, October 28, 1776. Crossed the Delaware under 
Washington, and was in the Battle of Princeton, January 3, 
1777. He was commissioned Captain April 5, 1778, of the Fifth 
Company, Fourth Battalion of York County Militia. In this posi- 
tion he served in the Battle of Monmouth, June 28, 1778. Was 
commissioned Captain of the Eighth Company, Fourth Battalion, 
June 17, 1779. 

Peelor. David Oliver. 
53 — Merriam, John, Sr. 

Born in Littleton, Massachusetts, November 5, 1725. Died in Wal- 
pole. New Hampshire, April 11, 1814. Was a private in Colonel 
Benjamin Bellows' Regiment of Militia of New Hampshire, 
which marched from Cheshire County at the requisition of 
Major General Gates, to reinforce the army at Ticonderoga, 
October, 1776. Was private in same company when it went to 
reinforce the northern Continental Army at Ticonderoga, May 
7, 1777. In service at same point June, 1777. Was private in 
Captain Peter Page's Company of Militia in Colonel Moses 
Nichols' Regiment, which was raised to join the Continental 
Army for the defense of West Point in 1780. 

Keezer, Frank Merriam. 

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53 — Merriam, John, Jr. 

Was born in Walpole, New Hampshire, February 10, 1757. Died 
in Barton, Vermont, October 10, 1839. Was a private in Colonel 
Benjamin Bellows' Regiment, State of New Hampshire, which 
reinforced the Garrison at Ticonderoga in June, 1777, at which 
action seven bullets passed through his clothing. 

Keezer, Frank Merriam. 
89— Mifflin, Thomas. 

Born in Philadelphia, January 7, 1744. Died in Lancaster, Penn- 
sylvania, January 19, 1800. Major General in Revolutionary 
War, succeeding in regular order to positions of Major, Colonel 
and Brigadier. Eleven years Chief Executive of Commonwealth 
of Pennsylvania. A member of the Convention which framed 
the Constitution of the United States, and a signer of the same 

Crissman, George Thomas. 
24— iVIiller, Asa. 

^^J^J^ ^^"■^' ^*^^ ^° Totham, West Springfield, Massachusetts, 
1823. Was Lieutenant Second Company, commanded by Levi Ely 
in the Regiment of Militia in County of Hampshire under Col- 
onel John Molley, Esq. 

Rice, Edtvard Chauncy. 
185— Miller, Stephen. 

Born in Northampton, Massachusetts, 1755. Died in Middlebury 
New York. January 13, 1834. Served as a private soldier under 
Colonel Ruggles Woodbridge at the Battle of Bennington Also 
m the Regiment of Colonel Ezra May in the campaign of 
Stillwater and Saratoga. 

Miller, Duncan Wolcott. 
10— Mills, Cephas. 

Born in Ellington, Connecticut, June 17, 1759. Died in Tolland 
Massachusetts, March 21, 1848. Entered the Continental Army 
at seventeen years. Served three years. Was at the Battle of 
Ticonderoga and the Surrender of Burgoyne. Pensioned 

Slocnm, William F., Jr. 

32— Moffitt, Eleazer. 

Born January 4, 1743, Killingly, Conn. Died August, 1803 Kill- 
mgly. Conn. ' 

His grave, in the old burying ground at Putnam, Conn., given 
to the town of Killingly by his great-grandfather, Peter Aspin- 
wall, bears the "marker" of the Sons of the American Revo- 
lution. He served during the Lexington Alarm as a private in 
Captain Joseph Cady's Company of the battalion from Killinglv 
commanded by Major William Danielson. 

Downs, Edgar Rollin. 

32— Moffitt, Dr. Thomas. 

Born 1720, Killingly, Conn. Died 1779, Killingly, Conn 

The first regular practicing physician in Killingly. He served 

as Justice of the Peace of Windham County from 1757 to the 

time of his death in 1779. 
Downs, Edgar Rollin. 

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158— 159— 160— 44— Morse, Phillius. 

Born in Dedham, Massachusetts, October 19, 1747. Died in Ware, 
Massachusetts, March 30, 1828. Was a drummer in Lieutenant 
Josiah Wilson's Company, Colonel Porter's Hampshire County 
Regiment. Enlisted September 23, 1777. Discharged October 
17, 1777. Marched on an alarm to reinforce General Gates at 
the northward. 

Morse, Willard Samuel. 

Morse, Calvin Henry. 

Morse, George Goodell. 

Morse. Bradish Phillius. 

1 — Morse, Ezekiel. 

Born in 1739. Died in 1807. Was private in Captain Joseph Dear- 
born's Company of Wyman's New Hampshire Regiment. Ap- 
pears as Ensign in a later roll. Pensioned. 

Kelly, Edivard Lowell. 

180— Nash, Moses. 

Born in Westfield, Massachusetts, September 7, 1741. Died in 
Stockbridge, Massachusetts, April 1, 1792. Was First Lieutenant 
of a Company of Minutemen raised in Berkshire County, Massa- 
chusetts, and the Captain (Marsh) being indisposed, most of 
the time the command devolved on him. 
Nash, William Dunham. 

175 — Nash, Abraham. 

Born in Braintree, Massachusetts, May 29, 1740. Died in Shutes- 
burg, Massachusetts, May 25, 1791. Was a private in Captain 
Josiah Wing's Company of Ninth Massachusetts Regiment com- 
manded by Colonel Brewer, later by Colonel Rufus Putman. He 
enlisted June 20, 1775, and served one month and two weeks, 
when he re-enlisted August 1, 1775, for eight months. He was 
at Roxbury, Mass., in General Artemus Ward's Division of the 
Continental Army, which was General Washington's right wing 
during Boston siege and was present when the British evacuated 
Boston March 17, 1776. 
Wheeler, Lester C. 

90— 91— Newell, Timothy. 

Born in Sturbridge, Mass. Served as Captain, Major and Lieuten- 
ant Colonel from Worcester County, Massachusetts. 
Edivards, J. Stanley. 
Edwards, Arthur Marvin. 

63— Oh! or Ohie, Henry. 

Enlisted at Philadelphia, Pa.; was allowed a pension on a basis 
of thirteen months and twelve days actual service. At the 
Battle of Germantown, being Orderly Sergeant of his company, 
the company officers becoming demoralized, Ohl took command 
and restored the company to order. He was promoted to the 
position of Captain and before the war closed was made Lieu- 
tenant Colonel. 

Ohl, John Wallis. 

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121— 165— 166— 195— Palmer, George. 

Born in Coventry, Conn. Died in Stillwater. Was private in 
Captain Peter Van Vort's Company, Thirteenth Albany County 
Regiment New York State Militia. 

Guyer, Clarkson Newbery. 

Guyer, Clarkson J. 

Guyer, Fred Newman. 

Guyer, Hugh Peoples. 
163 — Parsons, Josiah. 

Was Sergeant in Captain Johnson Moulton's (York) Company of 
Minutemen who marched probably in response to the alarm 
of April 19, 1775. Engaged April 21, 1775; service four days. 
Also private Captain Samuel Darby's Company, Colonel 
James Scammen's Regiment August 1, 1775. Enlisted May 3, 
1775; service one month, ten days. Also Sergeant, Captain Sam- 
uel Gridley's Company, Colonel Richard Gridley's (Artillery) 
Regiment. Engaged June 9, 1775; service one month, twenty-five 
days. Order for bounty coat or its equivalent in money dated 
Fort No. 2, Cambridge, November 6, 1775. Lieutenant in Cap- 
tain Jedadiah Goodwin's Company, Colonel Edward Wiggles- 
worth's Regiment. Company discharged at Albany November 
30, 1776. Also Lieutenant in Captain Daniel Wheelwright's Com- 
pany, Colonel Ebenezer Francis' Regiment, June 13, 1777. 

Parsons, Ralph Albert. 

121— 165— 166— 195— Patrick, William. 

Born Old Hartford, Conn., 1733. Died Stillwater, N. Y. 

Private in Captain Peter Winne's Company Thirteenth Albany- 
County Regiment; Colonel Cornelius Van Vechten. In Septem- 
ber, 1780, saw active service. 

Guyer, Clarkson Neivbery. 

Guyer, Clarkson J. 

Guyer, Fred 'Newman. 

Guyer, Hugh Peoples. 

149 — Pearse, Nathaniel. 

Born Bristol, R. I., 1708. Died Bristol, R. I., 1793. 

Was a member of the Rhode Island Colonial Assembly 1765-6, 

1767, 1776. 
Pearse, Carlton Sherman. 

31 — Peck, James. 

Born in Rehoboth, Mass., August 10, 1754. Died in Rehoboth, 

Mass., April 3, 1834. 
Was private in Company Nine, First Regiment of County of 

Bristol, Mass. 
Peck, Oren Henry. 

179 — Per Lee, Edmond. 

Fought at the Battle of Bennington as a private soldier and was 
afterward paymaster of a Dutchess County, New York, regiment. 
Meek, Walter Pugsley. 
107 — Phelps, Joshua. 

Born in Hebron, Conn., February 5, 1750-51. 

87 



Was a private in Captain Water's Company. 
Phelps, Alfred Chester. 

78— Phillips, Seth. 

Born in Pembroke, Mass., 1749. Died in Fitcliburg, Mass., 1828. 

Was First Sergeant in Captain Tliomas Miner's Company, Colonel 
Cary's Regiment Massachusetts Militia; Second Lieutenant in 
Eighth Company, Second Plymouth County Regiment, May 8, 
1776. Enlisted for six months July, 1780. His orderly book at 
the time of the siege of Boston is in possession of family. 

Phillips, Ivers. 

157— Pitts, Peter. 

From Dighton, Mass. 

Captain of Walker's Massachusetts Regiment May, 1775 to . 

Pluml), Carton H. 

19 — Popham, William. 

Died summer of 1848. 

Second Lieutenant in Delaware Regiment 1776; Captain in Hazen's 

Regiment April 8, 1777; Aide to General Clinton 1777-1779; 

Aide to General Stucher 1781; retired January 1, 1783, rank 

Brevet Major. 
Mallaby. Oliver W. 

177 — Poor, Joseph. 

Born in Rowley, Mass., August 24, 1737. Died in Byfleld Parish, 

Mass., February 18, 1795. 
He was at the head of a company that marched from Byfield 

to Cambridge, April 20, 1775. A pay roll record shows he was 

still in service December 2, 1775. 
Campbell, John Milton. 

102 — Putnam, Israel. 

Born in Salem, Mass., January 7, 1718. Died in Brooklyn, Conn., 
May 19, 1790. 

At the outbreak of the Revolutionary War, one of the four Major 
General's commissions was given to Israel Putnam. He was an 
active leader at Bunker Hill, commanded at New York and in 
the Battle of Long Island, and was put in charge of the Hud- 
son River defenses in 1777. He was the first to see the stragetic 
importance of West Point. In 1779 he was stricken with paraly- 
sis and forced to retire from military life. 

Mayo, Dudley D. 

158— 159— 160— 44— Read, Abel (Reed). 

Born in Westford. Mass., March 22, 1757. 

Was private in Captain Oliver Bate's Company, Colonel Joseph 
Prescott's Regiment, which marched on the Lexington Alarm, 
April 19, 1775; length of service thirteen days. Private in 
Captain Zaccheus Wright's Company, Colonel Brooks' Regi- 
ment, at White Plains October 31, 1776. Served as private in 
Rhode Island under Captain Joshua Parker's Company, Colonel 
John Robinson's Regiment. Enlisted September 15, 1777. Dis- 



charged January 1, 1778. Bounty receipt May 31, 1780, shows 

he entered Continental Army for three years. 
Morse, Willard Samuel. 
Morse, Bradish Phillius. 
Morse, Calvin Henry. 
Morse, George Goodell. 

158— 159— 160— 44— Reed, Benjamin (Read). 

Born in Chelmsford, Mass., September 3, 1732. Died in West- 
ford, Mass., April 2, 1778. 

Saw four days' service as a private in answer to the Lexington 
Alarm under Captain Timothy Underwood in Colonel William 
Prescott's Regiment. His name also appears on a muster and 
pay roll of Captain Asa Laurence's Company, Colonel Jonathan 
Reed's Regiment, which served with the army under General 
Gates. Was discharged November 9, 1777; service one month 
and iifteen days. 

Morse, Willard Samuel. 

Morse, George Goodell. 

Morse, Calvin Henry. 

Morse, Bradish Phillius. 
148 — 164 — Remington, Joshua. 

Born in Hingham, Mass., September, 1760. Died in Hinesburgh, 
Vt., October 4, 1855. 

Served two months as private in Captain Bannister's Massachusetts 
Company 1776. In 1777 served one month as private in Captain 
Harvard's Massachusetts Company and three months as private 
in Captain Bannister's Massachusetts Company. In the fall of 
1779 he served three weeks at one time and twelve days at another 
as private in a Vermont Company. In 1780 served three weeks 
as private in Captain Stafford's Vermont Company, Colonel 
Ethan Allen. Was engaged in the Battles of Bennington and 
Stillwater. 

Synith, Harry Edmunds. 

Smith, Ovett Newton. 
17— 18— 26— Riddicl<, Jason. 

Born in Nausemond County, Va., about 1744. Died in the early 
part of the year 1785. 

First Lieutenant Fourth Virginia Regiment, February, 1776; Cap- 
tain (same company and regiment) June, 1777, and served three 
or four years. In service January, 1780. 

Whitehead., William Riddick. 

Whitehead, Charles Benton. 

Whitehead. Frank. 
114 — Roberts, Ziba. 

Born in Lebanon, N. H., November 30, 1750. Died in Lebanon, 
N. H., January 27, 1855. 

Was in Colonel Jonathan Chase's Regiment May 7, 1775, and served 
one month and twelve days. 

Richardson, Daniel Augustus. 
58 — Rogers, Ezekiel. 

Born in Virginia. 



Private in the First Regiment, Fourth Troop, Light Dragoons, 
in the Continental Army commanded by Captain William Par- 
sons. His name appears on a company roll January, 1783. 
Pensioned. 

Utter, David. 
17 — Rutan, Samuel. 

Private in the New Jersey Continental Line. 

Dille, George A. 
178 — Saylor, George Michael. 

Born in Cocaliscoe, Pennsylvania, January 17, 1752. Died in 
Coventry, Ohio, March 14, 1838. 

Enlisted in September or October, 1777, as a private in the com- 
pany of Captain Isaac Adams, Colonel Elder's Regiment; was 
in the Battle of Chestnut Hill; service two months. Enlisted 
in 1778 as private in company of Captain Gingerick, Colonel 
Curtiss Grubb's Regiment; also in spring of 1779 in Captain 
Baltzer Ort's Company, Colonel Grubb's Regiment. Total ser- 
vice four months and seven days. Pensioned. 

Donaldson, John Saylor. 

100 — Scott, Charles. 

Born in Grantham, N. H., 1757. Died in Grantham, N. H., Novem- 
ber 3, 1827. 

Enlisted April 11, 1776, (eighteen years old) as a member of 
Captain James Osgood's Company, Colonel Bedell's Regiment. 
A pay roll shows him to have been a member of Osgood's 
Company June 24, 1776, but no record of discharge is found. 

Scott, Edwin. 

97 — Selden, Samuel, 

Born in Lynn, Conn., January 11, 1723. Died in New York October 

11, 1776. 
Colonel of Connecticut State Regiment June 20, 1776; was taken 

prisoner in retreat from New York September 15, 1776, and died 

in prison October 11, 1776. 
Selden, Stephen L. 

121— 165— 166— 195— Seymour, William. 

Born Old Hartford, Conn., November 15, 1774. Died Punfort, N. 
Y., December 22, 1841. 

Was a private in Captain Latham's Company, Colonel Ledyard's 
Regiment, Connecticut Troops, and was granted a pension by 
special act of Congress March 5, 1795, on account of disability 
(loss of one leg) incurred at the Battle of Fort Griswold Sep- 
tember 6, 1781. 

Guyer, Clarkson J. 

Guyer, Fred Newman. 

Guyer, Hugh Peoples. 

Guyer, Clarkson Newhery. 

92 — Shew, Jacob. 

Born in Watertown, N. Y., 1763. Died in Watertown, N. Y., 1849. 
Private and Corporal in the New York Troops. Pensioned. 
Stephens, Harold Clifton. 

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45 — Skinner, Calvin. 

Born in Connecticut February 24, 1746. Died in Valley Forge 
1777-8. 

Private in a Killingly, Conn., company at the relief of Boston 
and at the Lexington Alarm 1775. Corporal in the Eleventh 
Regiment under Lieutenant Paine Converse at New York 1776; 
at Bunker Hill; crossed the Delaware with Washington; at the 
Battles of Trenton and Germantown. Died from exposure in 
camp at Valley Forge in the winter of 1777-78. 

Skinner, John Calvin. 
3— Smith, Bradford. 

Sergeant Connecticut Militia. 

Cannon, George Lyman. 
113— Smith, David. 

Was a member of Captain James Hendrick's Company, Charleston, 
Mass., January 13, 1776. Was chosen Second Lieutenant of the 
Amherst Company March 14, 1776, and Second Lieutenant of 
the Fourth Hampshire Company Regiment. Commissioned 
April 1, 1776. 

Smith, Harry David. 

16 — Smith, David. 

The name of Lieutenant David Smith appears in the "List of 
Men who Marched from the Connecticut Towns for the Relief of 
Boston in the Lexington Alarm, April, 1775," as follows: "From 
the town of Haddam, David Smith, nineteen days." He was 
later in Wadsworth's Brigade that went to the relief of New 
York and was a lieutenant. 

Steele. Wilbur F. 
188— Smith, David. 

Born Milford, Conn., February 16, 1763. 

Enlisted in Captain Amos Smith's Company, Colonel Mead's Regi- 
ment, Connecticut Troops, in 1779; served nine months. En- 
listed May, 1780, in Captain Reuben Scofield's Company; served 
eight months, twenty-four days. Was pensioned. 

Beard, Andrew Allen. 

3 — Smith, Joseph. 

Born in Town of New Haven. Died Mediterranean Sea 1792. 

Corporal in Captain Phineas Bradley's Company of Matrosses 
(artillery). Enlisted February 9, 1779. Discharged February 
8, 1780. Re-enlisted August 3, 1780, as Sergeant in Captain 
Phineas Bradley's Company of Artillery Guards. Discharged 
January 1, 1781. Re-enlisted as Corporal in Captain William 
Van Deursen's Company of State Guards stationed at New 
Haven January 1, 1781. Discharged August 1, 1781. 

Cannon, George Lyman, Jr. 

183— Smith, Nathan. 

Was a private in Captain Thomas Bull's Company, Colonel Ira 
Allen's Regiment, Vermont Militia, in March. 1780; service 
seven days. Served seventeen days in October, 1780. 

Harsha, William, J. 

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3 — Smith, Philemon. 

Born in Town of New Haven 1747. Died in Town of New Haven. 

Sergeant in Captain Phineas Bradley's Companj^ of Matrosses 
(artillery). Enlisted February 9, 1779; discharged February 8, 
1780. Re-enlisted as Sergeant in Captain William Van Deur- 
sen's Company of State Guards stationed at New Haven on Feb- 
ruary 21, 1781. Discharged August 1, 1781. 

Cannon, George Lyman, Jr. 

172— Smith, Timothy. 

Born in Connecticut. Died Collins, N. Y., July 30, 1836. 

Served as a private in Major Christopher Darrow's Company, Col- 
onel Josiah Starr's Battalion, Connecticut Troops. He enlisted 
May 26, 1777, to serve three years; joined General Washington's 
guard in April, 1778, and was discharged April 1, 1783. 

Myers, Fred Marcus. 

16 — Steel, Perez: Pris. 

Enlisted May 5, 1775 (five days past his seventeenth birthday), in 
the Lexington Alarm, Fifth Company of Second Regiment, Gen- 
eral Spencer's from Connecticut. "Marching by companies to 
the camps around Boston, it took post in Roxbury and served 
during the siege until expiration of term of service, December, 
1775. Detachments of officers and men engaged at the Battle 
of Bunker Hill, June 17, and in Arnold's Quebec Expedition, 
September-December, 1775." Enlisted again in June, 1776 (just 
past his eighteenth birthday), in Captain Bacon's Company, 
Wadsworth's Brigade, "to reinforce Washington in New York. 
Stationed at Flatbush Pass on Long Island, August 26, and en- 
gaged in the battle of the following day, narrowly escaped cap- 
ture. In retreat from New York and engaged at White Plains, 
October 28. Time expired December 25, 1776." 

Steele. Wilbur F. 

192 — Storrs, Joseph. 

Born Mansfield, Conn., March S, 1711. Died Mansfield, Conn., 

October 5, 1785. 
One of the Committee of Correspondence of Mansfield, Conn. 
Morse, Irving Storrs. 

104 — Stickney, John. 

Born in Stoughton, Mass., March 3, 1744. Died in South Hadley, 
Mass., April 23, 1827. 

Enlisted January 13, 1776, as private in Captain John Hendrick's 
Company; was an Adjutant from August 25 to December 2, 1777, 
in Captain Moses Hawley's Company, Colonel Woodbridge's 
Regiment, and was present at the surrender of Burgoyne Octo- 
ber 17, 1777. In 1778 he was a Sergeant in Captain Morton 
Water's Company, Colonel Woodbridge's Regiment. 

Stickney, Walter C. 

8 — Stickney, Thomas. 

Born in Rowley. Mass., February 2, 1763. Died in Hallowell, 
Maine, March 19, 1814. 

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Enlisted when fifteen years of age as a private and fifer in Cap- 
tain Oliver Titcomb's Company, Colonel Gerrish's Regiment, and 
was out to guard Burgoyne's captured army from February 10 
to April 21, 1778. As a private in the same company and regi- 
ment November 11, 1778, to Winter Hill. From Rowley in Cap- 
tain George Webb's Company Two-months' Men July 11, 1780, 
when he was seventeen years old. He signed for wages in 
the Ninth Massachusetts Regiment from January 1 to April 
28, 1780. He was also in service from July 6 to December 5, 
1780. Drummer in Captain John Robinson's Company, Colonel 
William Turner's Regiment from August 4 to December, 1781. 

Stickney, Charles Hinks. 

130 — Stoddard, Gideon. 

Born in Woodbury, Conn., May 27, 1714. Died in Woodbury, 

Conn., May 21, 1780. 
Was active in the military affairs of the Colonies previous to the 

war. Was active on responsible committees during the war. 

Captain Tenth Company, Second Regiment, Connecticut Militia. 
Stoddard, Henry Martyn. 

131 — Stoddard, John. 

Born in Woodbury, Conn., January 26, 1730. Died in Watertown, 

Conn., January 22, 1795. 
Served as private with Captain Nathaniel Edwards. Was at one 

time a Lieutenant. 
Stoddard. Volcott Coye. 

95 — Temple, John. 

Born in Reading, Mass., March 17, 1738. Died in Reading, Mass., 
April 5, 1821. 

Was Corporal in Captain Eaton's Company, Colonel Greene's Regi- 
ment, which went from Reading to Lexington where they met 
the British on their retreat to Boston April 19, 1775. 

Temple, James Sheldon. 

136 — Thompson, Nehemiah. 

Born in Stratford, Conn., February 17, 1754. Died in Madison, 
N. Y., November 14, 1834. 

Enlisted May, 1775, and served four months as private under 
Captain Whiting and Colonel Waterbury, Connecticut Troops. 
Enlisted January, 1776, and served two months as private under 
Captain Nathaniel Wheeler and Colonel Silliman. Enlisted 
August, 1776, and served two months as Quarter Master Sergeant 
under Captain Nathaniel Wheeler and Colonel Lewis. Enlisted 
October, 1777, and served two months as Quarter Master Sergeant 
under Captain Stiles Johnson and Colonel Whiting. Enlisted 
1781 and served three months as Sergeant under Captain Robert 
Walker and General Waterbury. 

Thompson, Frank M. 

22 — Topping, Edward. 

Born in Bridgehampton, N. Y. Died in Bridgehampton, N. Y. 
First Lieutenant in the Second Battalion Suffolk County, New 

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York, Ninth Company. His commission was issued September 
13, 1775. 

Herrick, Selden F. 

Ludlow. George F. 
28 — Travis, Elijah. 

Born 1758. Died in Weston, Mass., February 3, 1824. 

Private soldier in Cullings' Company, Howe's Regiment, Massa- 
chusetts Soldiers. 

Daniels, Howard Bigelow. 
135 — Trowbridge, John. 

Born in Groton, Mass., January 18, 1762. Died in Waldoboro, Me., 
July 3, 1828. 

Drummer in Captain Joseph Boynton's Company, Colonel Nathaniel 
Wade's Regiment, Rhode Island Troops, July G. 1778, to January 
1, 1779; also in Captain Edmund Monroe's Company, Colonel Tim- 
othy Bigelow's (Fifteenth Massachusetts) Regiment, July 1, 1779, 
to April 20, 17S0. Re-enlisted July 8, 17S0, in Captain Joshua 
Benson's Company, Colonel Rufus Putnam's Regiment. Dis- 
charged January 9, 1781. Pensioned. 

Troichridge. Henry. 
4 — Tuttle, Daniel. 

Born in Hanover, New Jersey, January 13, 1725. Died in Han- 
over, New Jersej', October 9, 1805. 

Minutema.-' at the Battle of Springfield, N. J., and other engage- 
ments. 

Tuttle. Joseph Farrand. Jr. 
85— 86— Tyler, John Steele. 

Born in Boston, Mass., March 1, 1754. Died October 1, 1813. 

Major in Jackson's Additional Continental Regiment February 
1, 1777. Resigned March, 1779. Was sent by General Wash- 
ington to ascertain number of British transports anchored off 
Long Island. In disguise he accomplished his mission. Later 
was imprisoned in France at the instance of the British govern- 
ment, but was released through the influence of the painter, 
Benjamin West. 

St7(bbs. John Crotvell. 

Rich. Webster Tyler. 
110 — Vance, Robert. 

Lieutenant in Captain James Sullivan's Company, Thirteenth Vir- 
ginia Regiment. Also Captain in the Ninth Virginia Regi- 
ment under Colonel John Gibson. 

Curtiss. Chauncey. 
54— 126— Wadsworth, John. 

Born in Stoughton, Mass., 1735. 

Private in Captain Peter Talbot's Company, Colonel Lemuel Rob- 
inson's Regiment which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775, 
from Stoughton; service six days. Private in Cai)tain Simeon 
Leach's Company, Colonel Benjamin Gill's Regiment. Enlisted 
March 4, 1776; service five days. Marched to fortify Dorchester 
Heights. Marched to Braintree when British ships lay in Bos- 
ton Harbor. Service two days. 

Wadsworth. Charles Frederick. 

Wadsworth, Harry Elmer. 

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191— Walter, Phillip. 

First Lieutenant Upper Milford, Northampton County, Pennsyl- 
vania, Company, Christian Fisher, Captain. 

Yeakel, Charles Frederick. 
105— Waldo, Jesse. 

Born in Mansfield, Conn., February 17, 1761. Died in Pratts- 
burgh, N. Y., November 22, 1826. 

Enlisted for short terms in the First Regiment Connecticut Troops 
during 1779-80. Enlisted again July 5, 1780. 

Waldo, Levi Fay. 

32 — Warren, Eleazer. 

Born November 19, 1703, Killingly, Conn. Died April 18 1800 
Killingly, Conn. 

Son of Captain Ephraim Warren, who had given the "training 
field" to the town of Killingly for the use of the South Kill- 
ingly Military Company, and himself a former Captain of this 
Fourth Company of the Eleventh Regiment. He was chosen 
a member of the Connecticut Legislature to represent Killingly 
during the sessions of May and July, 1775. 

Downs, Edgar Rollin. 

32 — Warren, Ephraim. 

Born January 9, 1743, Killingly, Conn. Died April 26, 1813 Kill- 
ingly, Conn. 

He served during the Lexington Alarm as Captain of a company 
in the battalion from Killingly commanded by Major William 
Danielson. "During the autumn of 1776 the militia of Con- 
necticut was organized in six brigades; the Windham County 
regiments were included in the Fifth Brigade, Eliphalet Dyer, 
General. William Danielson of Killingly was appointed Colonel 
of the Eleventh Regiment and Ephraim Warren Captain of the 
Fifth Company. He was with his company during the service 
of the Eleventh Regiment at Westchester. New York durine 
the fall of 1776. 

Downs, Edgar Rollin. 
7 — Warren, Ephraim, Jr. 

Born in Chelmsford, Mass., December 16, 1731. Died in Towns- 
end, Mass., November 10, 1812. 

Corporal of Minutemen at Concord. Corporal under Captain 
Henry Farwell, Colonel William Prescott's Regiment, August 1, 
1775. Was in the army from Bunker Hill to Yorktown. Took 
part at Bunker Hill, crossing the Delaware, Trenton, Valley 
Forge and Yorktown. 

Houghton, Henry Meriam. 
147 — Warren, Moses. 

Born June 25, 1759. 

Served in Captain Winship's Company, Colonel Nixon's Regiment 
Massachusetts Militia, June 22, 1775. Also served three months 
and eight days in the same company and regiment beginning 
August 1, 1775. In March, 1776, served as private in Captain 
Abraham Pierce's Company, Colonel Samuel Thatcher's Regi- 

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ment. Also served under the same captain in Colonel Bleazer 
Brooks' Regiment of Guards January 12, 1778, to February 3, 

1778. 
Wing, Nahum Morrill. 

140— 141— Weatherby, David. 

Captain in the Third Battalion, Gloucester County, New Jersey 

Militia, and Captain in Colonel Richard Somers' Battalion New 

Jersey State Troops, 1777. 
Lowe, Barton. 
Lowe, Herbert A. D. 

23— Wells, Joshua. 

Born in Long Island, N. Y., January 19, 1760. Died in Peru, N. 

Y., October 10, 1855. 
Private in Battle of Long Island in 1779. His father, Joshua 

Wells, served in same battle. 
Wells, Charles H. 
83— 84— 112— Westervelt, Casper. 

Born near Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 

A private in Colonel Graham's Dutchess County, N. Y., Regiment. 
Dates, Leonard. 
Bishop, Edward A. 
Jaycox. Thomas William, Jr. 
27— 29— White, William. 
Born May 10, 1756. 

Captain of a company in the Virginia Line which he raised, 
equipped and supported from his own fortune and which served 
under General Washington. 
Dixon, N. Walter. 
Dixon, John Roman. 
191— Wieand, Wendel. 

Born in Philadelphia County, Pa., June 21, 1757, and died in Upper 

Milford, Pa., March 1, 1822. 
Private, Upper Milford, Pennsylvania, Militia. 
Yeakel, Charles Frederick. 

16— Wilder, Isaiah. 

Private Isaiah Wilder of Hingham, Mass., served for several short 
enlistments during 1776. One of these was in Captain Peter 
Cushing's Company, beginning March 15, defending the shore 
and later at Hull on the same duty. 

Steele, Wilbur F. 
67 — V/ilkinson, David. 

Born in Sharon, Mass., August 20, 1762. Died in Marlboro, N. H., 
December 10, 1843. 

Private in Captain Samuel Shaw's Company in the Third Regi- 
ment of Artillery commanded by Colonel John Crane. Enlisted 
April 4, 1781, for the war. Was at West Point Fort April, 1781. 

Vaille, Howard T. 
128 — Wilson, Thomas. 

He enlisted in 1775 at Chester, N. H., in Captain Hezekiah Hutch- 
inson's Company, Colonel James Reed's Regiment, New Hamp- 

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shire Troops, and served nine months, participating in the Bat- 
tle of Bunker Hill. In 1776 he re-enlisted in Captain Runnel's 
Company. In 1777 he served two months in Captain Stephen 
Dearborn's Company. In 1778 he served under Captain Peter 
Cross. He fought under General Stark at Bennington, Vt., 
August 14, 1777, and on August 16 was in the second engage- 
ment at the close of which he was brevetted a lieutenant for 
his bravery. 

Dean, Harry Wilson. 
55 — Winne, Peter. 

Born in Albanj% N. Y., 1718. Died in Amsterdam, N. Y., 1790. 

An officer in the Regiment of Lieutenant Colonel Van Vechten 
an Albany County Regiment of Militia. He was Captain in 
the Thirteenth Albany County Regiment. 

Winne, Peter. 

173— Wood, John. 

Enlisted October 21, 1776, to serve three years. Served as a 
private in Captain Gabriel Long's Company, Eleventh Virginia 
Regiment. Was transferred to Captain Charles Porterfield's 
Company, known also as Captain Philip Slaughter's Company, 
in June, 1778, and was discharged September 9, 1779. 

Bahcock, Ray Edwin. 

62— Wright, David. 

Born in Groton, Mass., August 19, 1735. Died in Hollis, N. H. 
A private in the Lexington Alarm. 
Wright, Charles Huntington. 
62— Wright, David, Jr. 

Came from Hollis, N. H. 

Private in Colonel Stark's New Hampshire Regiment at Bunker 

Hill. 
Wright, Charles Huntington. 
87— 150— Wynkoop, Cornelius C. 

Born in Kingston. N. Y., November 15, 1732. Died in New York 

1808. 
He was appointed Assistant Commissary of Issues in the Northern 

Department of New York March 30, 1779. 
Wynkoop, James Silvester. 
Wynkoop, Walter D. 
181 — Youngs, Henry. 

Born in Goshen, N. Y., April 29, 1765. Died in Goshen N Y 

December 10, 1803. 
Enlisted in First Regiment Orange County, N. Y., Militia; also 

in the Fifth Regiment Continental Line. 
Youngs, Henry. 



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Selden F. Herrick Died June 7, 1S99 

George F. Ludlow Died Sept. 5, 1399 

Edwin Davis Bouton Died Oct. 23, 1899 

Webster Tyler Rich Died April 9, 1900 

Howard Bic,elow Daniels Died June 15, 1900 

Ivers Phillips Died July 10, 1900 

William Riddick Whitehead Died Oct. 13, 1902 

Oren Henry Peck Died April 2, 1903 

James Silvester Wynkoop Died Sept. 19, 1903 

Levi Fay Waldo Died Dec. 19, 1904 

George T. Crissman Died May 10, 1905 

George E. Bragdon Died Aug. 5, 1905 

Samuel Allen Long Died Nov. 5, 1905 

Henry Martin Stoddard Died Oct. 8, 1906 

Chauncey Curtiss Died Oct. 16, 1906 



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Besides the formal literary programs rendered at the regular meet- 
ings, there are social features, singing of patriotic songs, vocal and 
instrumental music by members or their friends, and refreshments. 

Occasionally meetings are held at the home of some member, but 
in general they are held at some hotel. Ladies are invited to the 
annual banquet on Washington's Birthday. Joint meetings with the 
Daughters of the American Revolution are sometimes held. 

Associated with the Sons and Daughters of the American Revolu- 
tion is the junior organization of the Children of the American Revolu- 
tion, which has presented a national flag to the Clayton School, Denver. 

Among the patriotic works planned or partially executed, we may 
note: An effort to secure the adoption of a Flag Ritual in the public 
schools; the erection of a Memorial Gateway at the City Park, Denver; 
the giving of Medals for essays on patriotic subjects by pupils of the 
schools; contributions to the fund for purchasing a Silver Service for 
the Cruiser "Colorado;" aid to two Washingtons, descendants of a 
brother of George Washington, residing in Colorado; lectures on patri- 
otic topics in various parts of Denver; securing a permanent home for 
the Society and the collection therein of a library and Revolutionary 
relics. 

The Society has annually for several years issued a manual for 
the use of its members, containing a list of officers, committees and 
members, Constitution and By-Laws, and instructions with reference 
to securing proof of ancestors' services; also a monthly leaflet giving 
notice of the date, place and program of next ensuing meeting, and 
general notes regarding the membership. 

Voting at the annual election is conducted by the Australian ballot. 
A blank is mailed to each member asking for nominations for each 
office to be filled. From the returns the Board of Managers prepares 
the ballot, giving as candidates for the various offices twice the num- 
ber to be elected, selecting those having the highest number of nomi- 
nating votes. 

During the ten years of the Society's history, there have been 
many losses of members by reason of death, resignation and demis- 
sion lO other State Societies. Among recent removals we note with 
regret that of Compatriot Henry Meriam Houghton to Seattle, Wash- 
ington, and that of Compatriot Harper Leiper to Goldfield, Nevada. 

This book is prepared not only to preserve for members who have 
been present the memory of the exercises in which they have partici- 
pated, but also to enable members who have been unable to attend 
the meetings to become acquainted with the actual work of the 
Society. 

The Publication Committee desires to acknowledge the assistance 
rendered them in the preparation of this book by President Stephens, 
Secretary Holbrook, and Compatriot Edward W. Milligan in the com- 
pilation of the "List of Members and their Ancestors," and "Ancestors 
and their Services," and especially to acknowledge their obligation to 
Compatriot Milligan for his untiring efforts to secure the proper ar- 
rangement and typographical accuracy of the entire work. 

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It is the peculiar function of a hereditary-patriotic society to bring 
its members into a conscious possession of their personal connection 
with the men and the events of the historic past. This consciousness 
of an inherited participation in the glorious history of their native 
land cannot fail to make them better citizens. They sing "Land where 
my fathers died" with feelings such as no immigrant, recently arrived 
from over the sea, can have. 

In all ages nations have perpetuated the memory of their founders 
and preservers. Pyramid and temple, column and statue, hand down 
their names. 

While the shaft of Bunker Hill, the bronze minuteman "by the rude 
bridge that arched the flood" at Concord, and the sculptured boulder on 
the Green at Lexington remind us of the deeds of our ancestors, this So- 
ciety of their sons is in itself a monument more enduring than bronze, 
an ever-living organization, growing in numbers and influence as the 
years pass away, a body which should actively guard and defend, 
against the insidious evils of to-day, that which they wrought out in the 
"days that tried men's souls." In it is strength — "strength other than 
that of mere riches, and other than that of gross numbers — strength 
carried by proud descent from one generation to another — strength 
calmly awaiting the trials that are to come." 



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